[{"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-493":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},60251,84,"Chapter 493 The Name That Shook Her","turns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan-chapter-493",493,"\u003Cp>Qin Lingxiao also seemingly agreed with Bai Zihan's statement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Anyways...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Lingxiao said as she stared at Bai Zihan's body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her gaze lingered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Longer than what would normally be considered polite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan noticed it too, not like Qin Lingxiao was trying to hide anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His brows twitched slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he slowly leaned back in his chair and crossed his arms over his chest. \"Princess!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His tone carried faint amusement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Staring at someone's body for that long is rather rude.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Feiyan blinked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, she simply looked at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Bai Zihan added with a half-teasing smile,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even if I am handsome, there should still be some restraint. You already know that I am engaged to Chu Ziyan.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The words hung in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bustling tavern continued around them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at their table-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A strange silence formed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Feiyan's eye twitched almost imperceptibly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(Narcissistic fool!)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She-Qin Lingxiao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A woman whose beauty alone could topple kingdoms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A woman countless geniuses across the continent dreamed of glimpsing once in their lifetime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this man actually thought she was staring at him for some absurd reason? Utterly absurd!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her fingers lightly tapped the table once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A faint irritation surfaced in her mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it quickly faded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the truth was-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had been staring at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just not for the reason Bai Zihan imagined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Lingxiao had been probing him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not with obvious spiritual sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That would have been crude.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, she used an extremely subtle method-something that someone like Bai Zihan could never notice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the more she observed...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more shocked she became.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her gaze swept across him again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His breathing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The circulation of spiritual Qi beneath his skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Lingxiao's pupils narrowed slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Bai Zihan she remembered...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had been a cripple, and she didn't think it was possible for him to ever recover from that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His meridians were shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body had been barely suitable even for basic cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man sitting in front of her now...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was perfectly fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not just fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was in the Void Refinement Realm!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would have been easier for her to believe if Bai Zihan had simply recovered,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but his cultivation shouldn't have been the same as before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, it has advanced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Either the information that he was in the Spirit Severing Realm was false, or he\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>had truly broken through after recovering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both scenarios were shocking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Lingxiao's fingers stopped tapping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her gaze sharpened slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(How?)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the question echoing in her mind. As far as she knew, the Desolate\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heaven Empire didn't have the capability for such a thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan noticed her silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He waved a hand lightly in front of her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Princess?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Feiyan slowly returned to her senses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...You recovered well.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She said calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan's hand paused for a fraction of a second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he chuckled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I suppose you could say that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But inwardly-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His thoughts sharpened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So she noticed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course she would.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Golden Immortal missing something like that would be far stranger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She leaned back slightly and picked up the cup the waiter had just placed\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>before her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She took a slow sip of wine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her gaze never leaves Bai Zihan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Interesting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Very interesting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Bai Clan heir was no longer a cripple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had somehow rebuilt his foundation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reached the Void Refinement Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spread a cultivation technique capable of shaking an entire empire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the cultivation was too insignificant for someone like her, she knew\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>how rare it was in the Desolate Heaven Empire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Lingxiao's lips curved slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The smile was subtle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But filled with intrigue. \"Young Master Bai...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice was soft again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now I'm even more curious.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She placed the cup down gently. \"What exactly happened to you?\" Qin Lingxiao asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do you mean?\" Yu Feiyan set her cup down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her gaze remained fixed on him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How did you recover? Wasn't it considered almost impossible?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan paused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a brief moment, he appeared to be thinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth, he wasn't truly crippled and his body could naturally recover, but\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>obviously he wasn't going to tell her that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a second of thought, Bai Zihan simply shrugged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I got lucky.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Feiyan's brows lifted slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lucky?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Someone helped me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That immediately caught Qin Lingxiao's attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan continued casually,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She gave me Grade-8 healing pills, and with that I was able to recover.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reaction was immediate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Grade-8?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Feiyan repeated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice did not rise much, but her pupils shrank slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wasn't shocked by the existence of Grade-8 pills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone of her status had seen many. She had even possessed them. But even in the places she came from-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grade-8 pills were extremely precious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were not something casually given away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And certainly not to someone in a remote empire like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which meant only one thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone powerful had intervened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her mind immediately became alert. (Who? Is someone interfering with our plan?)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Feiyan leaned forward slightly. \"Who gave them to you? Do you know her?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And why would she give you something that valuable?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Lingxiao immediately asked several questions in one go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't really know, but she doesn't seem to be from the Desolate Heaven\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Empire.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Feiyan narrowed her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan continued,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She called herself Xi Yu.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he added,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She said she was sent by her Saintess.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the name left his mouth-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xi Yu?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Feiyan suddenly exclaimed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice was loud enough that several nearby patrons turned their heads in\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan blinked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at her with confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Princess... you know her?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Feiyan immediately went silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a brief moment, her expression stiffened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she quickly shook her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her answer came a little too fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the reaction she had just shown...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was far too obvious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan could tell easily that she knew her, or at least had heard about her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Yu Feiyan had already regained her composure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stood up abruptly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I suddenly remembered something.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her tone became hurried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have an appointment I must attend.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan raised an eyebrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So suddenly?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Feiyan forced a faint smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's talk more next time.\" She turned and began walking toward the exit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But her pace was noticeably faster than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost hurried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within moments, she had already disappeared out of the tavern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zihan remained seated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He slowly picked up his cup of spirit tea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I survived.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he acted as if he didn't care, he was very nervous. Luckily it didn't\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>seem like Qin Lingxiao wanted to kill him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rather she seemed rather shaken by the mention of Xi Yu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking a calm sip, he watched the street outside through the window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Xi Yu and Qin Lingxiao.\" He murmured softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then his eyes narrowed slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They should be from the same place-the Central Glorious Continent!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1162,"2026-05-28T18:17:14.492Z","2026-06-01T04:28:34.960Z",1,"novelbin.me","d049a914727e67a4fc2c7e2bbcd1441227b0b4bc5d2d8654a0a7ee0500d431d5","turns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan-chapter-494","turns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan-chapter-492",580,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fturns-out-i-m-in-a-villain-clan-cover.jpg"]