Chapter 878: Planning for Champion Scholar (2)
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Just across the street from the Imperial palace lay a quaint little teahouse. Though small, its interior decorations seemed elegant and refined. After attending to state affairs, many Ministers liked to come here to savor tea and listen to music, dispelling the fatigue of the day. However, the cost of tea here was firmly three times higher than at other teahouses.
What surprised Mo Yan most was that the Shopkeeper and the few Waiters all had a determined look, and they moved with a robust vigor, hardly resembling a Shopkeeper or Waiters at all. Moreover, each of them had some form of disability; the Shopkeeper lacked legs below the knee and could only walk with crutches, the tea master who brewed the tea was missing a right leg and had lost his left eye, and even the Waiter who served the tea could only carry a tray with his left hand while a loose sleeve dangled emptily where his right hand should have been.
To Mo Yan, all these seemed incredibly peculiar. Observing the man with the frosty complexion but who showed a hint of warmth in his eyes when the Waiter brought in the tea, she began to form a preliminary suspicion about the identity of these people.
"The tea here is good. Give it a try," Xiao Ruiyuan said, pouring a cup of scalding tea for Mo Yan.
Smelling the alluring tea aroma, Mo Yan nodded and took a small sip from her cup. To her surprise, she found that the tea was no worse than that brewed with Spirit Spring Water at home. If brewed with Cloud and Mist Tea from her Space, it would likely surpass the tea she made by a significant margin.
Mo Yan drank the tea in small sips, finishing the cup and sincerely praised, "This is the best tea I’ve ever tasted. That tea master is truly skilled!"
Xiao Ruiyuan cracked a slight smile, "If you want to learn, I can speak to the tea master. Perhaps he’d be willing to teach you."
Seeing him say so, Mo Yan asked with curiosity, "Are you well acquainted with that tea master?"