Villain : I reincarnated as a Prince! Shouldn't I have a Harem?

"It's good that my ninth brother awakened a low level spirit. I can't even imagine what would've happened if I were to compete with him with the dragon emperor supporting him." I heard the princess sigh in relief.

The dragon emperor was a legend throughout the empire, similar to my grandmother, the ice empress.

However, even among the four sacred clan heads, he stood out distinguished since it was common knowledge that he was the strongest amongst the four, though it has never been confirmed.

Also, the most famous legend about him was him making friends with a dragon when he was just 26 years old.

The dragon he was riding was the same dragon that he had befriended.

However, it wasn't because of this that he was called the dragon emperor.

It was because of the Shang Clan's bloodline.

The Shang Clan's bloodline was draconic, meaning they descended from dragons.

Though they couldn't transform into dragons, but could transform their skin into dragon scales, their hands into claws, and use draconic qi to attack and defend.

Their arts were all about using draconic qi to use various types of moves and skills.

This made them a much formidable force even when compared to the other three sacred clans.

It was advantageous for the third princess that the ninth prince was a man with no future due to his low level spirit.

To tell the truth, almost everyone in the empire had a eye on the ninth prince before he awakened his spirit due to him being the grandson of the dragon emperor.

However, since he awakened a low level spirit, everyone quickly lost interest in him.

Who would care about a man with no potential whatsoever.

Sometimes destiny can be so cruel.

Roar!

The dragon let out a low, rumbling growl that reverberated through the arena, sending shivers down everyone's spine.

The crowd fell silent, covering their ears while some even fainted.

As the dragon descended, its massive form landing with a ground-shaking thud, the dragon emperor stepped forward, his gaze sweeping over the assembled crowd.

I could feel the weight of his presence, a force that seemed to command respect and fear in equal measure.

No other sacred emperor have had such a dramatic and commanding entrance like the dragon emperor.

"You still like to show off, Shang Long?"

I heard the voice come from the Xue clan's gallery, belonging to my grandmother, the ice empress.

My gaze turned to the dragon emperor to see his response.

However, he remained indifferent to her comment, ignoring her completely as he went in his gallery along with the elders of the Shang Clan.

"YOU!!" I heard my grandmother's angry shout, however, it seemed as if she was stopped in between by one of the elders to pursue this small matter.

Though I couldn't see her face, it was clear that she must be fuming with anger right now.

She had been ignored in front of such a loud crowd, that must've hurt her pride.

"Hey, see that!"

Suddenly, the crowd went in uproar, drawing my attention to the matter.

It was then I noticed why the crowd was so shocked.

The Ninth Prince... He was so handsome, as if some god had descended upon the earth.

This was the first public appearance of him, so of course everyone was shocked to see his charm.

"So Handsome..."

Almost this whisper left everyone's mouth whoever looked at him.

Also, since he was in royal clothes and jewelry, that made him appear more divine.

Even in our own gallery, discussion of awe about his looks were apparent.

"So what if he is handsome? He has no talent. Only the strong are respected in this world!" The princess scoffed.

Everyone in our gallery nodded in agreement to her statement as they became quiet, not wanting to annoy the princess.

The ninth prince stood in front of his entourage.

His mother, the seventh concubine, the genius daughter of the Shang clan, joined his side.

"Ah, now I understand why he is so handsome..." A maid of the princess uttered in realization.

I couldn't agree more.

Shang Celine, the woman hailed as more talented than any of the children of the Dragon Emperor.

She remained at the top of the ten beauties until she married the emperor.

It is also said that she didn't want to marry him and delayed the marriage for a long time.

It was only because of the custom that a sacred clan must marry their daughter to the emperor to birth a heir for the throne.

It was a necessity for the prosperity of the empire and to birth a stronger emperor in the next generation.

She was one of the reasons that made everyone pay more attention to the ninth prince before he awakened his spirit.

She is the only royal concubine who is an emperor realm expert despite her young age.

In the empire, almost every women wanted to be like her. She was top in both beauty and talent, however, her son turned out to be a tragedy.

Meanwhile, the entourage accompanying the ninth prince, everyone tried to recognize them.

To his side walked a number of women.

"Wow, those women can easily snatch a spot in the top ten beauties group."

A head of a small sect in the princess's faction, sitting in our gallery, said in amazement.

"True! I wonder where the ninth prince found such beauties?"

Another sect's head said excitedly, exchanging glance with the previous sect head.

"Quiet!" The princess yelled, silencing those old geezers.

The women with the ninth prince looked at their surroundings like children in a palace, visibly awed by the grandeur of the preparations and size of the arena.

However, one of those women was calm, walking while holding hands with two small children.

Behind them walked a group of cultivators.

"W-Wait! How many of them are there?"

"I can easily see more than ten King realm and about ten pseudo-emperor realm cultivators behind him."

The crowd was shocked by the ninth prince's entourage.

"But who are these cultivators?"

"And why are they with the ninth prince?"

Another barrage of questions came from the crowd, wondering about these cultivator's identities.
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"Wait!... Isn't that old man an emperor realm cultivator?"

A cultivator from the middle tier seat, stood up and yelled in surprise, pointing at the unknown old man, walking without any pride in him.

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