[{"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-444":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},60502,84,"Chapter 444 Grade-8 Pill?!","turns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan-chapter-444",444,"\u003Cp>The Bai Clan Estate was silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elders dispersed efficiently, some moving to reinforce defensive arrays, others sending silent messages through jade slips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the assassination attempt on Bai Zihan, it was natural for them to be more vigilant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan lead Xi Yu to somewhere they could talk privately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xi Yu followed without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn't seem surprised by the grand appearance of the Bai Clan's estate; rather, it almost looked like she was looking down on it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan led her into a secluded courtyard deep within the estate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A small pavilion stood at the center, understated yet elegant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moments later, servants arrived silently, setting down spirit tea that released a soft, calming fragrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two of them sat across from each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a time-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neither spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Steam curled lazily from the porcelain cups.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Night insects chirred faintly in the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xi Yu lifted her cup, took a small sip, then set it down with precise movements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did Bai Zihan speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now,\" he said calmly, eyes steady on her, \"who are you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xi Yu met his gaze without flinching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stared at him with judgmental eyes, as if evaluating him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You can call me Xi Yu,\" she said at last. \"That name is real.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan tried to recall anyone famous with that name but couldn't. Perhaps he needed to refresh his knowledge of powerful figures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And your purpose?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan asked calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xi Yu didn't answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, her gaze sharpened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was no longer casual, nor merely observant-it became piercing, as though\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>she were trying to see through his skin, his bones, his very soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Before that,\" she said coolly, \"answer me something first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan raised an eyebrow slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you really crippled?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xi Yu asked as if that question were truly important.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan chuckled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lifted his teacup, took an unhurried sip, then set it down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You can judge that yourself,\" he replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xi Yu's eyes narrowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Besides,\" he added, \"even if I told you yes-or no-would you truly believe me?\" Xi Yu didn't deny it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wouldn't.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Words meant nothing when spoken by someone like him-at least according to what she knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She leaned back slightly, fingers resting lightly against the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"From what I can tell,\" Xi Yu said slowly, \"your meridians are indeed shattered. There's no mistaking that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her gaze flicked briefly to his dantian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan remained silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But,\" she continued, eyes locking onto his, \"your demeanor contradicts it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She studied him openly now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His calm composure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The faint arrogance that didn't bother hiding itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The complete absence of despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I've seen many geniuses fall, Xi Yu said flatly. \"Some lose everything-their\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>pride, their confidence. They become empty shells.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Some drown in self-loathing and resentment, wallowing in self-pity.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Others refuse to accept reality. They cling to delusion, insisting they are still\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>who they once were.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She lowered her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are none of them!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan was exactly as she had heard-arrogant, as if everything were\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>unfolding just as he expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no panic, even when he had nearly been assassinated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet despite all that, it didn't seem like he was deluding himself into believing he was still the same Bai Zihan as before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He accepted at least outwardly-that he was crippled. There was no denial, unlike most who couldn't accept such a cruel reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no crippled genius acted this arrogantly-not after being struck down at\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the peak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan smiled faintly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xi Yu sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn't know what kind of person he was-someone even she couldn't fully\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>see through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like someone who had already given up, she too seemed to give up on\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>understanding Bai Zihan's true self.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Anyway, it looks like you really are crippled.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan listened, still not understanding why his condition was connected to\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>her purpose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am on a mission given by our Saintess.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(Saintess?)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan pondered that word deeply. Not because such a title didn't exist in\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the Desolate Heaven Empire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most holy sects named their successors Saint or Saintess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Demonic Cultivators had their own Saints and Saintesses, who would later\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>become sect masters-or even leaders of the entire demonic path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for a Saintess-a junior-to command someone as powerful as Xi Yu...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That meant the organization behind her possessed an unfathomable\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>background.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xi Yu's sleeve shifted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A small jade bottle appeared in her palm and was placed gently onto the stone\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>table between them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan's eyes flickered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xi Yu pushed the bottle forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A gift,\" she said flatly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan didn't reach for it immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, he studied the jade bottle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Translucent. Warm to the eye. Faint golden runes flowed beneath its surface\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>like slow-moving veins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even without opening it-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He already knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is...\" Bai Zihan murmured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A Grade-8 pill,\" Xi Yu said, as if stating something mundane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Its name is the Heavenly Renewal Heart Pill.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan's pupils contracted-just slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grade-8.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not Grade-6.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not even the near-mythical Grade-7.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grade-8 pills were legends.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Desolate Heaven Empire, even Grade-7 pills were treasures capable of\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>shaking sects and top clans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Grade-8-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no alchemist capable of refining them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even their ingredients were so rare and precious that one might never obtain\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They should not exist in the Desolate Heaven Empire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was certain that Xi Yu belonged to a force outside the Empire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Bai Zihan-who had seen far more than anyone here should-felt genuine\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(To give something like this away so casually...)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze lifted to Xi Yu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(It seems I underestimated the force behind you.) \"That pill,\" she continued, \"possesses powerful restorative properties. Although\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>not one hundred percent guaranteed, there is a chance that it will be able to\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>heal your meridians.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan finally reached out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he could use his System to obtain any pill he wanted, this one could\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>save him Points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I understand your intention,\" Bai Zihan said. \"But that only makes me more\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>curious.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at her directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who is this Saintess?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xi Yu shook her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You don't have the authority to know.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The answer was immediate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan wasn't offended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had expected as much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do I know her?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xi Yu hesitated-just for a fraction of a second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she answered honestly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't know either.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether it was the truth or a lie, Bai Zihan couldn't tell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He studied her for a moment longer, then leaned back slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I see!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn't seem like he would get any more information from Xi Yu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She likely wouldn't reveal the sect or clan behind her either, since she had\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>already refused to identify the Saintess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xi Yu rose to her feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her movements were smooth and decisive-like someone who had already\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>concluded everything that needed to be concluded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My mission is complete,\" she said calmly. \"There's no reason for me to stay.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan didn't try to stop her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the very least, after saving him from an assassination attempt and handing\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>him a Grade-8 pill without hesitation, it was clear she wasn't an enemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And if her Saintess truly favored him...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That, in itself, wasn't entirely bad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She turned to leave the pavilion, her steps light against the stone floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as she was about to step out-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xi Yu turned her head slightly, her gaze falling on Bai Zihan once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, there was no scrutiny.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No curiosity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only warning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bai Zihan,\" she said coldly, \"don't get close to our Saintess.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The words struck like a sudden chill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan's brows furrowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...What?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Genuine confusion surfaced on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(Get close? I don't even know who she is.)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he had an idea, he wasn't sure to which it was the same as not\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>knowing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He let out a short breath and looked at her steadily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't even know who your Saintess is,\" Bai Zihan said. \"How exactly am I\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>supposed to avoid someone I've never met?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xi Yu didn't fully turn back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You'll know,\" she replied simply. \"When the time comes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes hardened slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And when that happens,\" she added, \"I expect you to maintain your distance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan stared at her back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The warning made no sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet... it didn't sound empty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he could say anything else- Crack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Space itself fractured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right in front of Xi Yu, the air split open like shattered glass, revealing a dark,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>twisting rift beyond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A spatial rift!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Estate was protected by layered formations-defensive arrays capable of suppressing teleportation and spatial tearing even from Immortal Ascension Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To forcibly open a rift here...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(Earth Immortal? Or perhaps above...)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xi Yu stepped forward without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her figure vanished into the rift.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rift sealed instantly, space returning to normal as if nothing had ever\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence returned to the courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the faint scent of spirit tea lingered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan remained seated, eyes fixed on the spot where she had disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Interesting,\" he muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Saintess of powerful backing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An unexpected Heaven-Chosen in the Golden Immortal Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Assassination attempt on him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed Heaven had no intention of letting him rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan picked up the jade bottle, his fingers brushing against its warm\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It seems,\" he said softly, a faint smile forming, \"that things are about to get\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>interesting.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1555,"2026-05-28T18:17:14.491Z","2026-06-01T04:28:34.960Z",1,"novelbin.me","9cc63be5c97f14ec4af2dcf22e6c5916de3731ec367c76015d1cb5fe51c688c9","turns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan-chapter-445","turns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan-chapter-443",580,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fturns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan-cover.jpg"]