While eating, Maxine asked James if he had any new discoveries. However, James shook his head.

Maxine did not question him further.

After James finished eating, she took the cutleries and left.

In the Cadens’ courtyard…

As Maxine was walking out of the basement, she saw Tobias who was sitting in the gazebo not too far away. She walked over to him and greeted, “Grandpa.”

Tobias nodded slightly and asked, “How’s James?”

Maxine briefly hesitated before shaking her head and saying, “There’s nothing much going on with him. However, the Moonlit Flowers on Cliffside’s Edge is really intriguing, and the meridian diagram is simply bizarre. We found that forcing True Energy to move in a retrograde motion would only cause harm to our bodies. Hence, we’re still stuck.”

Tobias ordered, “Watch James closely. Report to me the moment he discovers something.”

“Understood.”

At that moment, Maxine finally understood that Tobias had sent her to the basement not to learn but to watch Jame