Heaven-Defying Teahouse

Beichen wipes blood from a teacup and smiles at a guest who just lied to his face. That is how he stays alive in a roadside teahouse where killers, scouts, and clan messengers all pass through. He can read a room faster than most fighters can draw a blade, and after a power breakdown left his own body strange and fragile, that skill keeps him standing. The foreign breathing method inside him makes the local schools look at him like a bad omen, yet it also lets him do things their rules cannot stop. When he keeps helping Master Han, a senior who has lost his mind but not his skill, Beichen pays for it with trust, pride, and almost his own heart. The girl who comes in under a fake name already...