Eternal Villain: I can enslave Reality!

Chapter 124 124: Long Night

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Everyone in the Duan Clan was busy in preparations for the banquet. At the same time, the Duan Clan Patriarch personally went to meet Duan Mu who was with his mother. 

Meeting the young man and his mother, the first thing he did was apologize for the behavior of the clan toward them. At the same time, he thanked Duan Mu for now saying anything about it to Xu Shan. 

He didn't know that Xu Shan was already informed about everything, but he intentionally didn't do anything about it. 

After making sure that Duan Mu didn't hold any grudge against them, the Patriarch of the Clan sighed in relief. 

He left some rare herbs with Duan Mu as a gesture of gratitude before finally leaving the room. 

He walked back to the room where he was to next meet the Ancestor of the Clan about how to use the influence of Xu Shan during the banquet to establish themselves as the supreme power of this world. 

"That idiot son of mine still didn't return. Just where did that idiot go?" He wondered, walking toward the meeting room, feeling as if his son Duan Yang was missing a great opportunity. 

Many people could be seen entering and leaving the Duan Clan Mansion as the preparations continued. 

Within a few hours, everyone in the City knew about the fact that a supreme expert had arrived from the Upper Realm and was resting in the Duan Clan Mansion. 

That information spread even faster, since many people wanted to see what this expert looked like. 

Some said it was an old man, who had a head full of white hair while others said it was a middle aged man who had a scar on his face. There were many rumors floating around. 

This news wasn't contained to the City either! The Alchemy Palace and the Treasure Pavillion sent the information to their Main Branch to get further instructions. 

The information also reached the Royal Family of the Kingdom!

The King personally left his Palace without delaying a single second since he wanted to reach Celestia City before the evening!

His information was even more accurate than the others and he knew that the supreme expert was only in his early twenties. 

That's why, he even brought his daughter with him. Even if his daughter became a concubine of a person like that, then it was a great opportunity for her. 

He wasn't the only person who had this idea. Despite the short notice, many great people were on their way to attend the banquet and meet the expert. 

While Duan Clan was busy making arrangements for potentially welcoming thousands of guests, they didn't notice that their guest of honor wasn't in his room at all. 

Xu Shan had disappeared from the room and no one even noticed it. 

His figure appeared in three different corners of the city, at a safe distance from the Duan Clan Mansion where he arranged the three tattered flags in a proper arrangement to cover the Mansion in its effect without having the risk of the flags being detected. 

After he arranged all three flags, he returned to the room that was assigned to him, like a ghost. It was as if he had never left at all. 

Duan Mu was in his room, eating with his mother, not knowing much about what was going to happen. 

"He saved my life... I owe him everything. He's the only person I can trust... The only person who didn't treat me like an insect... And now, it's because of him that we receive the respect we deserve! Now you won't have to worry about anything! I'll give you the happiest life possible!"

Duan Mu was telling his mother everything, especially how Xu Shan saved his life. However, he hid the fact that he had given a piece of his soul to Xu Shan, with which his life could be controlled. 

His mother placed her hand over Duan Mu's head gently. "Your father always used to say that there are no free lunches in this world. I don't know why, but I feel that you should maintain some distance from him."

"Why would a god like him pay attention to you? It can't be because of pity..." The woman spoke, taking a glance at the necklace of Duan Mu. 

It was as if she knew something about the pendant and the secret behind it, but she didn't tell her son. 

Duan Mu's face turned dark as he heard his mother mention her father. 

"Don't ever mention him again! I have no father!" He stood up and started leaving. 

The woman revealed a look of sadness in her eyes. She wanted to tell her son everything, but she knew it wasn't the right time. 

However, she was also suspicious of Xu Shan's motives in approaching her son. Did he know the secret? Or was it really just a coincidence?

As she watched her son leave in anger, she clenched her fist. 

Hearing the door slam, she closed her eyes. The room returned to the usual silence. 

"You may blame your father for leaving you, but if you knew the truth... That person who arrived... I don't feel good. He isn't a good person. It's like he wears a mask of a nice person to hide the real darkness inside him..."

She softly muttered to herself, but no one was here to listen to her. She also knew that her son wasn't going to believe her. However, she had to protect her son at any cost, from all evil!

"I know I promised you that I won't tell him the truth before it's time, but I can't keep that promise. I have to tell him... So he understands that he's not nobody... Only when he knows his true value can he know the evil motives of others in approaching him..."

She made up her mind that she was going to tell Duan Mu the truth... she couldn't let him get closer to Xu Shan, who had an aura of darkness around him that not many people could see...

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The long awaited night arrived, and all the guests started arriving one after another. It was the first time the Celestia City was hosting so many important people from all over the continent. 

The strongest people from all around the continent had rushed over as soon as they got the news. Moreover, despite being so powerful and influential, almost every person was humble, even before the servants of the Duan Clan, which was said to be close to the supreme expert!

Everyone also brought the best gift they could find at such short notice. No one knew how long this night was truly going to be.