[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-turns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan":3,"chapter-turns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan-turns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan-chapter-315":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Turns Out, I’m In A Villain Clan!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},60173,84,"Chapter 315 The Masked Village","turns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan-chapter-315",315,"\u003Cp>The village carried on as if nothing were amiss-farmers leading their cows out to graze, women hanging herbs to dry, children chasing each other through the dirt paths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the farm, a man's hoe struck the earth with steady rhythm, dull thuds echoing against the mountain breeze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside him, a woman knelt in the soil, plucking weeds from between rows of green shoots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her laughter was soft, carrying the warmth of a simple life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Husband, if you work any harder, the land will complain.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man chuckled, wiping sweat from his brow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Haha, If I don't, how will we have enough for winter? Our son eats like a starving ox.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman shook her head, smiling as she tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a brief moment, it was the perfect picture of peace-two villagers, husband and wife, tilling their humble fields beneath the sun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the illusion shattered the instant a shadow fell across their crops.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The earth trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>High above, two figures stepped down from the prow, robes stirring with qi, their presence so sharp it was like a blade pressed against the throat of heaven and earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Ren's cold eyes swept the fields like a storm. Beside him, Bai Zihan's crimson gaze landed on the couple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several villagers exchanged glances, a flicker of panic flashing in their eyes before they smoothed their faces again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One look was enough to recognize Bai Zihan as someone of high status. Additionally, Cultivators were all revered in the Falling Star Empire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man stepped forward and bowed respectfully, his voice trembling just the right amount to sound genuine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"L-Lords, what brings such esteemed guests to this humble village?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wife picked up her basket of herbs and with a face full of fear, said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We are but simple folk. If we have offended you in any way, please forgive\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>us...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their act was flawless to ordinary eyes. But Bai Zihan didn't even blink.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He clasped his hands behind his back, his gaze sharp enough to flay skin from bone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Take me to your leader and you might live.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The silence that followed was suffocating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"L-Lord, I don't understand. Do you want to meet with the Village Head?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't let me repeat myself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan declared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was enough from this word that Bai Zihan already knows about their secret organization.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tall man's smile froze. The woman's hands trembled ever so slightly, the herbs in her basket scattering onto the dirt path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their eyes darted, meeting each other for the briefest instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then-murderous intent flared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man's body blurred as a dagger coated with venomous qi shot from his sleeve, aimed straight for Bai Zihan's throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same instant, the woman's herbs scattered into a poisonous mist, her fingers weaving seals as she unleashed a hidden talisman, streaking like lightning toward Bai Zihan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the two strikes flew, the farm's peace tore like paper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since, you already know, then die!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dagger sang through the air-swift, lethal, a glint of black qi trailing its edge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The talisman hissed and blossomed into a choking green mist that curled toward Bai Zihan like a living thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan didn't even move and just watched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dagger never reached his throat-his Qi barrier intercepted it, stopping the blade in midair as if it had struck an immaterial wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black qi sizzled and died, collapsing into harmless motes that drifted to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the poison that the woman used, there was no effect at all. There was no way that weak poison as such would work against his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This made the two who were acting as husband and wife wary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Our attack has no effect. Our enemy seemed quite powerful. Good thing, they\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>are stupid!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Around them, the false villagers shed their masks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seamed sleeves slipped away to reveal hidden knives, belt pouches spilled out more talismans and vials, and men who had pretended to mend roofs pulled\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>short spears from beneath straw mats.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where moments ago had been harmless laborers were assassins, eyes cold and merciless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cover blown,\" the man snarled, voice raw,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Capture the boy-he seemed to have some status and we can ask how he knew\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>of this place. As for the old man, kill him!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A dozen furtive nods passed among the revealed assassins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They scattered into motion with practiced efficiency; this was no amateur banditry but an organized operation, coordinated and ruthless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Ren, who had stood silent and still. He did not move to help; he didn't need\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just watched Bai Zihan take care of everything by himself with admiration. (He has grown even stronger.)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An 18 years old Spirit Severing Realm heir, he couldn't help laughing when he\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>heard that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was also Bai Xueqing who wasn't bad at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With such a generation, Bai Ren felt quite relieved and positive about the future\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>of the Bai Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He will protect Bai Zihan but didn't think it was needed for such a group of\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>trash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The assassins closed in at once, a ring of blades and flashing talismans. They struck from all sides, a coordinated burst meant to overwhelm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan took it as if it were a summer breeze. Spears struck air; knives were met by a palm that barely moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A talisman exploded a hand's distance away and died like a spent firework. Where dozens had lunged, only scattered cloth and groans answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Men who had trained years to move as one found themselves tripped, disarmed, or knocked unconscious in pairs and threes. It took him no longer than a slow breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the dust settled, the field was scatter of bruised bodies and broken weapons. Only one man still breathed, curled up and trembling where he'd\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>been thrown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan stepped forward and crouched until his face was level with the survivor's. His crimson eyes were cold and bored.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lead me to your base,\" he threatened. \"Or you'll suffer the same fate as the\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>others.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man choked, saliva and blood at his lips, eyes blown wide with fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could not tell if the command was mercy or the promise of worse. Behind Bai Zihan, Bai Ren's shadowed profile watched, approving-There is no need for mercy for enemies, especially those who are after your life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The survivor staggered to his feet, clutching his ribs where Bai Zihan's strike\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>had cracked bone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes darted to Bai Ren, then back to the crimson gaze boring into him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I-I'll take you,\" he stammered, his voice hoarse. \"Just... just spare my life, young\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>master. I beg you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan rose, hands folded neatly behind his back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So long as you lead us there, you may keep your pitiful life.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man swallowed, unable to tell if it was truth or mockery, but he dared not\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>gamble. Nodding frantically, he stumbled down a house in the village which leads to their underground base, every step quickened by fear of the predator following\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The survivor stumbled ahead, clutching his side as he led them past rows of houses that still looked perfectly mundane-smoke curling from chimneys, tools leaning against walls, drying herbs hanging in bundles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man stopped at the farthest house, its door slightly crooked, a basket of\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>grain left out front as if abandoned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With trembling fingers, he pushed it open. Inside was nothing but a bare, dusty\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>room, a cracked table, and a rug spread across the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He kicked the rug aside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A wooden trapdoor lay beneath. He hesitated, glancing back at Bai Zihan with\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>pleading eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I've brought you... please, young master... my life, as promised?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan's red eyes lingered on him for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lead the way!\" The man nearly collapsed with relief, pulling open the trapdoor. A stale draft\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>wafted up, thick with blood and cold metal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The descent was long and steep, torchlight flickering along carved stone walls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strange glyphs glowed faintly in the dark, forming layers of defensive\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>formations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet none of them triggered, as if permission had already been granted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time they reached the bottom, the air was heavy with killing intent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The underground chamber stretched vast and wide, carved into a network of tunnels that converged into a central hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There, dozens of assassins waited-robes black as ink, weapons in hand, masks hiding every trace of humanity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And above them all stood a man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Void Refinement Realm! The assassins parted before him like shadows retreating from flame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He studied Bai Zihan and Bai Ren with cold, measuring eyes. His voice, when it\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>came, was slow and steady, as if he were already tightening a noose around\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>their necks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Looks like they already know.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan murmured under his breath. eves narrowing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elder's eyes locked on Bai Zihan and Bai Ren. His tone was calm, but it\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>carried the weight of one accustomed to commanding death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You've come far enough.\" His gaze sharpened. \"Now tell me who are you? And how did you find our base?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1508,"2026-05-28T18:17:14.491Z","2026-06-01T04:28:34.960Z",1,"novelbin.me","6ebb3addb75300db6a995bd76f4c7144c4aead59999ecfb416e07348aa107661","turns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan-chapter-316","turns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan-chapter-314",580,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fturns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan-cover.jpg"]