Turns Out, I’m In A Villain Clan! - Chapter 472 Justice in the Dark Chamber
Chapter 472 Justice in the Dark Chamber
“Aaargh…!”
The Elder’s screams echoed throughout the experiment room.
They rose, broke, and cracked into hoarse sobs before surging again.
Jin Yuanzhan did not feel any sympathy.
Even if that Elder were to suffer a hundred times worse than this, it still would not make up for all the sins he had accumulated.
Bai Zihan stood a short distance away, hands folded behind his back, not a single fluctuation in his expression despite the horrendous scene before him.
He did not interfere-even if that meant giving the Azure Sun Holy Sect time to send more cultivators.
He knew that the kind of grudge Jin Yuanzhan carried could only be erased after he obtained his revenge.
He did not want to interfere or leave Jin Yuanzhan unsatisfied after finally getting the opportunity to exact vengeance.
Jin Yuanzhan’s voice remained low.
“Circulate your qi.”
The Elder trembled.
“I-can’t-!”
A pulse of scorching force exploded within his meridians.
His body arched violently, veins bulging black beneath his skin.
“You can,” Jin Yuanzhan said calmly. “You told me the same!”
Another surge.
The Elder screamed until his throat tore.
Bai Zihan watched as Jin Yuanzhan disrupted the qi within the Elder’s body. Jin Yuanzhan was precise.
He avoided destroying the dantian completely and killing the Elder.
He simply inflicted the maximum amount of pain without ending his life.
A faint curve touched Bai Zihan’s lips.
(Not bad!)
He had worried-slightly-that Jin Yuanzhan might lose himself in hatred. But he hadn’t.
He was still calm and seemed to handle things quite well.
Another howl split the chamber.
The children in the cages pressed themselves into the corners, eyes wide.
Some covered their ears.
Some stared in stunned silence.
One small boy-no more than eight-clutched the bars so tightly his knuckles turned white.
What shone in his eyes was not fear, but the kind of satisfaction that only comes when one finally witnesses revenge.
Perhaps he thought the evil man had finally met his karma and now understood the pain they had endured.
Bai Zihan’s gaze shifted toward them.
He walked slowly in that direction.
The iron cages were crude compared to the formation array.
After all, behind the bars were weak children who could barely walk, much less break something like this-even if it was fragile.
He paused before one cage.
Inside, three children huddled together.
Their clothes were dirty.
Burn marks marred their sleeves.
One girl flinched when his shadow fell over her.
Bai Zihan crouched slightly – not out of kindness, but simply to examine them more closely.
They were frightened and starved.
“Tsk!”
Even if they were conducting experiments, at least they could have fed them something. It wasn’t as if a Sect like theirs lacked resources.
Mortal food costs almost nothing.
They might even have had more survivors if they had kept them in better
ion.
But what was the use of lecturing these fools?
He glanced at them for a bit longer, waiting for anger.
For outrage.
For something to flare inside his heart at the sight.
It did not come.
He understood, rationally, that this was vile.
He understood that innocent lives had been reduced to “materials” for the
strong.
Yet his heart remained steady.
Cold and detached.
Perhaps it was because he had already expected such things.
Or perhaps it was simpler.
The perpetrator was already being punished.
Justice-if such a word could exist in this world-was unfolding behind him in
screams.
There was no need for fury over something that had already happened.
He was not kind enough to worry about every injustice.
Perhaps he was even more cruel to his enemies.
If he suddenly felt rage and began preaching morality, it would only be
hypocrisy.
Behind him-
“ARGHHH-! I’ll tell you-anything-!”
The Elder’s voice cracked.
Jin Yuanzhan did not respond.
Another wave of controlled qi surged into the Elder’s dantian.
The Elder convulsed violently.
Bai Zihan rose.
He extended a finger lightly toward the cage lock.
Crack!
The lock shattered.
It fell open with a dull clang.
The children stared.
None moved.
“You can leave,” Bai Zihan said calmly.
His tone was neither warm nor cold.
They hesitated.
The youngest stepped forward first.
Bare feet touched the stone floor outside the cage.
He looked up at Bai Zihan with uncertain eyes.
“Are… are we going to die?”
Bai Zihan regarded him for a moment.
“No!”
The boy swallowed.
The others did not seem to trust Bai Zihan’s answer, which was understandable
given their situation.
But Bai Zihan did not need to explain anything.
He had no desire to become a hero who saved everyone and delivered justice.
That was not him.
Behind him-
The Elder’s aura had diminished significantly.
His face was pale.
Sweat drenched his robes.
Meridians swollen and distorted beneath the skin.
His current state was worse than that of a cripple.
Jin Yuanzhan finally withdrew his hand. The Elder collapsed face-first onto the stone floor.
He no longer had the strength to scream.
He trembled instead.
Jin Yuanzhan stepped back from the crumpled figure.
His breathing was steady, his expression clear.
He looked at the man who had once given him nightmares.
His revenge was completed, yet he felt neither happiness nor sadness.
After all, while he had endured pain that would kill most, it had given him the
opportunity to save his sister and meet Young Master.
Perhaps it was a blessing in disguise.
“Young Master, I am done. I think he is ready to answer your questions without
a speck of a lie.”
Bai Zihan gave a slight nod.
He walked forward and stopped before the broken man.
The Elder’s condition could hardly be called human anymore.
He no longer possessed the arrogance of a Spirit Severing Realm expert.
Under Bai Zihan’s calm gaze and the lingering pressure of Void Refinement suppression, resistance did not even form as a thought.
The questioning began.
The first matter concerned the Sky Pirate Leader – did he know the leader of
the Yun Mo Kou Sky Pirates?
The answer came quickly.
Indeed, the leader of the Yun Mo Kou Sky Pirates was one of the successful experimental subjects.
However, his case had been different from the others.
He had not been captured.
He had not been forced to undergo the experiment like many others.
He had come of his own accord.
Before the experiment, he had merely been a nameless cultivator among a
minor pirate band.
That group had been annihilated by the Imperial Family during a regional purge. Their ships, destroyed. Their resources, seized. Their members were all
executed except him.
He alone survived.
It was unclear how he learned of the experiments conducted beneath the
Azure Sun Holy Sect.
Perhaps he overheard rumors.
Perhaps someone careless leaked information.
What was certain was that he had not reported it to the authorities.
He was a Sky Pirate, after all.
He had not ignored it either.
Instead, he sought them out.
He presented himself not as a victim, but as a candidate.
He requested power.
His motivation had not been revenge against the Imperial Family.
Not grief.
It was his ambition.
Pure and unadorned.
He understood the risks. Understood the mortality rate.
Understood that most who entered the formation left as ash.
He wanted to be experimented on anyway.
To the Elder, this had been convenient.
A willing subject required no concealment-though they had remained
cautious.
The synchronization rate had exceeded expectations.
He survived.
Not only survived but rose even further.
His compatibility with the Sun Dao Fragment ranked among the highest
recorded.
As his power rose rapidly, the Azure Sun Holy Sect did not discard him.
They invested in him.
Resources were provided discreetly.
Contacts arranged. Flying ships supplied.
Under their covert support, the Yun Mo Kou Sky Pirates were established.
On the surface, they were merely another pirate faction-raiding trade routes, intercepting merchant vessels, clashing with small sect convoys. But their true purpose lay elsewhere.
They kidnapped people and supplied them for experiments.
He provided “materials.”
In return, he received resources he needs.
The Sky Pirate Leader understood the arrangement fully.
The Elder described it as mutually beneficial cooperation.
The pirate leader’s ambition did not wane after gaining strength.
If anything, it deepened.
He expanded further than expected, and thanks to his efforts, the experiments continued more smoothly than before, no longer lacking subjects.
“Then, did your Sect ask him to capture me as well?” Bai Zihan finally asked.
Was it personal?
Or the Azure Sun Holy Sect’s design?
“This… I don’t know!”
The Elder’s voice cracked as he lay sprawled on the cold stone, body twitching
from residual pain.
Jin Yuanzhan’s eyes narrowed instantly.
He stepped forward and drove his foot into the Elder’s ribs.
Crack!
A muffled snap echoed through the chamber.
The Elder screamed, curling instinctively, though the suppression pressing
down on him made even that movement pitiful.
“You don’t know?” Jin Yuanzhan’s voice was low and dangerous. “You expect us
to believe that? Answer Young Master honestly, otherwise-“
“I-truly-don’t!”
The Elder gasped, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth.
“I oversee the experiments only! I rarely leave this place! Matters involving
external operations are handled by others!”
Jin Yuanzhan grabbed him by the collar and lifted him slightly despite his
broken state.
“Last chance!”
“I swear!”
The Elder cried hoarsely.
“Yun Mo Kou Sky Pirates operate with autonomy! He delivers materials, he
receives resources from the Sect! Beyond that I don’t know anything.” Another kick.
This time to the abdomen.
Jin Yuanzhan searched his face.
There was fear.
Pain.
Desperation.
But no flicker of calculation.
He truly did not seem to know. “Useless!”
Bai Zihan had watched quietly the entire time.
His expression did not change.
It did not matter much whether the Elder answered this or not.
He would speak with the Sect Leader of the Azure Sun Holy Sect anyway.
Truth would surface there.
He stepped closer.
The Elder immediately looked up at him with trembling hope.
“I’ve told you everything I know!” he pleaded.
Bai Zihan’s gaze remained calm.
He turned slightly toward Jin Yuanzhan.
“We’ve heard what we needed.” The Elder’s eyes widened. For a brief second, relief flashed across his face.
He thought he would live.
He thought cooperation had bought survival,
Bai Zihan’s next words extinguished that illusion.
“There is no need for him to keep breathing”
The Elder’s pupils shrank.
“Wai-“
Slash!
A streak of cold light flashed through the chamber.
Jin Yuanzhan did not hesitate.
His blade moved cleanly and decisively.
The Elder’s head separated from his body before the plea could finish.
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