Siheyuan: The Struggles of the Old Sixth

The male lead rises from being a nobody to wielding immense power, not through endless fighting and killing, but by understanding human nature. Charging head-on is unwise, and a losing bargain that leaves you with a thousand enemy casualties and eight hundred of your own is no way to fight. A true schemer is honey-tongued yet ruthless, with a mind full of hidden dangers and twists, able to harm others without them ever seeing it coming.