Villain : I reincarnated as a Prince! Shouldn't I have a Harem?
Chapter 70: Next Realm!

Now, Ashen only had to select four qi out of them that he was going to pursue.

"Let's see... Spatial and Chaos qi are the obvious choices."

Spatial qi was obvious because it lets you travel through space and create ruptures in space. Other abilities would depend on one's attainment in it and the skills he had acquired.

Chaos qi was a bit unknown. There was no information about this qi, only that it had the power of destruction. However, if one could raise their attainment in it, they could even create new skills to use this qi. Also, one could embed this qi with other skills, increasing the destructive power of the skill.

"One of the other two qi has to be popular and easy to use. There should be skills already crafted to use it. It could also act as my cover for the other types of qi, I can't possibly let anyone replace out that I can use more than one type of qi. That would just increase my threat level in other's eyes and they could target me."

"Sword qi, Lightning qi, Fire qi, Ice qi, Wind qi, these all are good at offense and contain high power. Earth qi and Metal qi are good at defense, while Ghost qi is good for stealth and Phantom qi is good at creating a large army of phantoms and using them to fight."

"Blood qi on the other hand can be used for blood manipulation and controlling beasts. Just introduce your blood into the beast's brain and you'll be able to control them with just a thought. There was just one condition, make the beast submit to you so that it wouldn't resist the blood entering their brain."

"Out of them all, I have to choose only two. Fire and Sword qi are to my liking, however, since chaos is also for offense, I should only choose one of them and to be honest, I like sword qi better. Controlling the sword with just your mind, cutting anything you like, isn't that cool?

So sword qi it is. I'll just make it my primary path so that everyone will think I am a cultivator of the sword path.

Sword Emperor Fang Ashen, sounds cool"

Ashen continued to ponder with slight murmuring putting every thought into this. If he had to select only one it would've been quite difficult but now he was able to choose the better ones.

"Next I need to choose a qi for defense. I've always thought about how to defend against a skill like my Yin Finger Blossom Beam. It is just too fast to perceive with my normal sight. If someone had a similar skill, how would I defend against it?

Metal and earth qi are both better at defense, but, I wouldn't want to take a chance with them. Even metal and earth can be destroyed with a strong enough attack. If someone's attack was powerful enough to pierce through my defense, it would leave me like a sitting duck, ready to be struck down."

Ashen contemplated on which qi would help him in this situation for some time before widening his eyes in realization:

"Ah, right! Time qi!

It would be the best to counter the attack. I could just peek into some seconds in the future to predict my opponent's next move. Additionally, I think I can also slow down time to perceive a really fast attack.

As the saying goes- 'Evading the attack is the best defense!'

So, the final four qi I am going to choose are - Spatial qi, Chaos qi, Sword qi, and Time qi"

Deciding on his path, Ashen turned to the system as he asked: "System, how many points would it take to advance me to the core formation realm with these four qi?"

[Ding! Host, First you'll have to gather the same amount of the four qi and then the system can form a core for you, but, if you're willing to spend Villain Points, this mighty system will do all that for you and advance you to the core formation realm]

Ashen nodded in understanding as he continued to ponder: "I don't have the time to gather four types of qi myself. It takes years for cultivators to just gather one type of qi."

"Sigh... Looks like I've no choice but to rely on the system this time too"

Shaking his head helplessly, he asked the system: "How many points would it take to do all that?"

[Ding! Host, It is just a small amount of 400000 Villain Points!]

"You call that small amount?" Ashen couldn't help but shout with an incredulous expression.

[Ding! Host, It takes approximately 200000 Villain Points to gather all four types of qi, and to balance them to form a core, it would take another 200000. So there you have it, 400000 Villain Points!]

"Hey! I didn't ask for an explanation, damn it!" He cursed in his mind before reluctantly nodding as he ordered: "Okay, do it!"

[Ding! Host, Sit in the lotus position and close your eyes. I will start now]

"Understood," said Ashen, following System's instructions.

[Ding! Deducting the required Villain Points]

[Ding! Beginning the formation of Host's four qi core!]

These notifications resounded in Ashen's mind, however, his eyes remained closed.

Soon enough, he felt qi from inside of his dantian being pushed out until it was empty.

His whole body became devoid of qi.

Gradually, A whole new type of qi began to enter his body. It was purplish-blue in color as it invaded his body at a high speed filling his dantian to the brim.

After that, a new qi, obsidian black in color started to invade his body, traveling through his meridians before converging into his dantian located in his solar plexus.

The dantian didn't have enough space but this qi kept on settling in the dantian, stretching it to twice its size.

Ashen began to feel pain in his solar plexus.

After this new qi had become equal in amount to the previous qi, another type of qi entered his body. This qi was Silvery white in color with a sharp glow to it. It carried rather dangerous sharpness as if it could cut through anything.

It also, like the previous qi, settled in his dantian, expanding it like a balloon on the verge of popping.

The pain Ashen was feeling grew even more excruciating but he endured it by gritting his teeth.

Now, the last qi, greenish-white in color, entered his body at a rapid speed, expanding the dantian even more.

Ashen could feel the tension in his dantain growing before,

Pop!

"Argh!"

The dantian exploded, gushing out the qi it had absorbed as Ashen felt extreme pain. He endured it, trusting the system.

Soon, he felt the qi revolving in a circular motion as if sucked into his solar plexus by some force.

The qi of different types began to revolve in harmony.

At first, they resisted each other, not getting along at all.

However, after some long time of concentration and revolving with each other, they became balanced, getting concentrated into a spherical shape.

Soon the shape began to turn solid, enclosing the four types of qi inside.

Next, A bright light gushed out of Ashen's body as the ethereal core finished its formation.

A powerful aura gushed out of Ashen's body which was kept in check by the formation around his room.

After the elder came rushing after sensing his aura, he thought that it would be better to create a formation to not let the aura leave his room.

This powerful aura indicated that Ashen had successfully advanced to the core formation realm's first stage.

Right now, he was levitating in the air before opening his eyes.

Thud!

As soon as he opened his eyes, he fell on his bed.

He had just advanced, there was no way he could fly so easily.

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(A/N - Thanks for reading. ^..^)