[{"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-441":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},60499,84,"Chapter 441 Assassin at Imperial Banquet!","turns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan-chapter-441",441,"\u003Cp>The girl smiled back, relief flickering briefly in her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They continued dancing while conversing with each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What should I call you?\" he asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dancer hesitated for just a fraction of a breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xi,\" she replied, smiling softly. \"Xi Yu!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan nodded, committing the name to memory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether it was real or fake, he didn't know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan asked a few more questions-small ones, harmless ones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>About food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>About seasons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>About customs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And slowly, carefully-He pieced it together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She knew how to act like a mortal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she didn't think like one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her habits were trained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Either she was like Luo Qing-someone who was a mortal yet served a powerful clan-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or she was a cultivator pretending to be mortal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Either way, she wasn't just a dancer from a troupe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Around them, laughter rose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More young masters joined the dancers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The music did not stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It grew livelier-drums joining the flutes, laughter rising as more cups were refilled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that was when it happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another dancer, who had been dancing with one of the young cultivators, moved closer to Bai Zihan and Xi Yu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything seemed ordinary at first glance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, dancing around, you are bound to change places tho\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>seemed to have deliberately chosed this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>that dancer\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Bai Zihan's reputation, who dares to get near him and disturb his dance?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, then everything changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That dancer aura exploded outward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young master she had been dancing with was thrown backward, sent skidding several meters away by the sudden outburst of her aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Great Ascension Realm!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dancers-including the young masters dancing among them-instantly felt the pressure, many of them kneeling while others collapsed outright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were far weaker, not to mention completely unprepared for the sudden surge of pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of the dancers-well, almost everyone except Xi Yu-lost consciousness. Wine cups shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Music faltered mid-note.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Faces drained of color.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was already in motion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her body blurred, closing the distance in a heartbeat, her hand snapping forward like a viper's strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No visible weapon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just fingers coated in something dark and shimmering. It definitely posion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And her target was easy to guess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan was in the open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surrounded by ordinary people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No elders within immediate reach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this distance-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even those Immortal Realm experts wouldn't arrive in time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Ziyan's face went white.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zihan-!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others reacted as well, instinctively moving toward Bai Zihan in an attempt to protect him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the distance between Bai Zihan and the assassin was only a few\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>meters while they were far away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Bai Chu with all his full speed would take more time than for the assassin\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>to strike Bai Zihan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The assassin's eyes were cold, focused, merciless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was clearly ready to throw her life away to kill Bai Zihan. After all, there\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was no escaping from the experts present.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, this was definitely a sucide mission, to kill Bai Zihan before the Grand Elders of the Bai Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All she intended to do was kill Bai Zihan-and she spared no effort, holding nothing back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan pretended to collapse to the ground, continuing the act of being a mortal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was extremely dangerous-unable to respond against a Great Ascension Realm assassin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But by pretending to be defenseless, he was taking a calculated risk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could be killed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, with his physique and the Heavenly-Grade defensive artifact he wore beneath his robes, Bai Zihan believed he could survive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, assassins primarily relied on poison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And judging by her methods, she was no exception.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could dodge easily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could twist aside, let the strike miss, even counter if he wished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the moment he did-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lie he had maintained-the lie of being crippled-would shatter in front of\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the entire Imperial Court.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, he decided to just take the attack wihtout defending himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would be painful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But not fatal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially not for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Bai Zihan made his decision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He subtly shifted his weight, preparing to receive the blow in a way that\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>minimized exposure-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone stepped in front of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It happened so suddenly that even Bai Zihan's eyes widened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xi Yu!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She appeared completely unaffected by the assassin's aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(So she truly is a powerful cultivator.)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, even Spirit Severing Realm cultivators were struggling to stand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xi Yu was clearly not a mortal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the assassin had already revealed herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan couldn't understand what Xi Yu's intention was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was she an accomplice?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or something else entirely?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xi Yu moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no warning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No surge of aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No dramatic release of power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She simply stepped forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To everyone else, it looked like she was throwing her life away to protect Bai\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zihan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To the assassin-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xi Yu was nothing more than a momentary obstruction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her poison-coated fingers were less than a breath away from Bai Zihan's chest\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>when Xi Yu's sleeve brushed past them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A soft sound rang out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pa!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't loud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't flashy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the moment Xi Yu's palm connected with the assassin's face-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world seemed to lurch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Great Ascension Realm assassin was sent flying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her body twisted violently through the air like a broken doll, smashing into one\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>of the distant stone pillars lining the hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM-!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The impact shook the entire banquet hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cracks spiderwebbed across the stone as the assassin slid down the wall, blood\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>spraying from her mouth, bones audibly shattering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She hit the ground and didn't move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was unclear whether she was dead-or barely alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence fell!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not the tense silence from before-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But a stunned, absolute stillness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cultivators froze in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Great Ascension Realm assassin had been dealt with so effortlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan looked up at Xi Yu, genuine surprise flickering in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stood calmly in front of him, posture relaxed, breathing steady-as if she had merely brushed away an insect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not a single strand of hair was out of place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind them, the oppressive pressure vanished as abruptly as it had appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those who had collapsed began gasping for breath, confusion and terror etched across their faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Ziyan was the first to reach Bai Zihan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bai Zihan!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She grabbed his arm, hands trembling as she checked him over, eyes frantic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although she knew Bai Zihan was only pretending to be crippled, that\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>knowledge did nothing to erase her fear when a Great Ascension Realm assassin had nearly killed him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Clan elders arrived almost instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Tianheng appeared beside his son in a blur, expression dark and cold as his\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>gaze swept over Bai Zihan before snapping to the assassin embedded in the\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, she seemed to still be alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That meant answers could be extracted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Relief flickered briefly across his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then vigilance replaced it. His gaze shifted-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And locked onto Xi Yu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A supposed dancer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unaffected by Great Ascension Realm pressure. Capable of neutralizing such an assassin with a single casual strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn't see through her cultivation at all-but he knew it surpassed his\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Tianheng clasped his hands together, voice polite but guarded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not lower his guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not after an assassination attempt in the middle of the Imperial banquet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not when such a dangerous unknown stood beside his son.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who knew what her true intentions were?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you for saving my son,\" he said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The words were sincere. But his eyes never relaxed. \"May I ask who you are?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xi Yu turned to face him. Up close, the illusion fell apart completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no trace of mortal meekness left in her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"May I answer that after we move elsewhere?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her gaze flicked briefly toward the many eyes fixed on them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She clearly had no intention of revealing anything in front of so many people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Tianheng understood and nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since she was willing to speak at all, he allowed himself to lower his guard-just\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>slightly. Across the hall, elders from other factions finally moved, Immortal Realm pressure descending as they secured the area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Imperial guards rushed in, faces pale as they stared at the assassin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whispers erupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A Great Ascension Realm assassin...?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That dancer-who is she?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tsk, tsk. Bai Zihan, who once easily killed Great Ascension Realm cultivators,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>now can't even withstand their presence.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With how Bai Zihan kept his act, most believed that Bai Zihan was truly crippled\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, he didn't reveal himself when his life was in danger and no one\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>thought that anyone would do that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Elders and Grand Elders all apologized for the negligence and that they\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>would definitely find out who is behind this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan reassured them that he was alright and that there is no reason to\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>worry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he slowly stood, brushing imaginary dust from his robes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze on Xi Yu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Looks like you lied to me,\" Bai Zihan said calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xi Yu didn't answer immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I apologize,\" she said at last. \"I had my circumstances for deception.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well, no matter, you saved my life. Thank you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1503,"2026-05-28T18:17:14.491Z","2026-06-01T04:28:34.960Z",1,"novelbin.me","d6343c28e922e4514a070a27487d288a84a1ffbb2536e69d9ee777a1f7f1040d","turns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan-chapter-442","turns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan-chapter-440",580,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fturns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan-cover.jpg"]