Chapter 96 - The Incompetent Conspirators

As Mesa explained his plan to lure out those who wanted to steal his treasures and those who wanted to kill him to Cang Yue, she listens attentively and comes to sit down next to him on the bed.

"I had expected Fen Juecheng to hate you from the beginning, what with me liking you instead of him. But I didn't expect for the entire Burning Heaven Clan to hate you with such a passion. Or any of the other sects to target you like that. But considering the things you have done during this entire tournament, it's not very surprising if you think about it." Said Cang Yue as she leaned in on Mesa and he put his arm around her.

"Yeah, I know right. But hey, I am not complaining. In fact, it makes this tournament much more fun for me, if you know what I'm saying." Said Mesa with an evil grin.

"Of course you'd like it." Said Cang Yue with a sigh.

"In fact, I don't think that there is anything you love more than beating up those greedy and arrogant sect people." Said Cang Yue.

"And that is where you are wrong. Because there is something I love more that. I love you more than that. Beating up greedy and arrogant people is just one of my favorite pastimes." Said Mesa as he planted a kiss on Cang Yue's lips.

While he and Cang Yue where kissing, the window of the infirmary is gently opened and the figure of a woman silently enters and takes a seat on Cang Yue's chair.

"Well, well, well. Looks who's feeling better now." Said the voice of the woman who just came in. Startled, Mesa and Cang Yue quickly broke of their kiss and looked to the source of the voice, who turned out to be Chu Yuechan sitting there nonchalantly.

"Fairy of Frozen Beauty?! This is not what it looks like!" Said Cang Yue in a panicked voice with a beet red face, trying to explain what happened. In response, Chu Yuechan just holds up her hand, silencing Cang Yue.

"Don't bother with it your highness. I already know about you and Mesa. As I am sure you also know about me and Mesa." Said Chu Yuechan nonchalantly.

"Hey there Little Fairy. It's good to see you too." Said Mesa.

"Same. Especially now that you're doing just fine. But I wonder. Why did you go so far during your match with Xia Qingyue?" Asked Chu Yuechan.

"There's a reason for that. It's because…" Said Mesa as he explained his reason for why he went so far during his match with Xia Qingyue to Chu Yuechan, who nodded along in understanding. While Mesa was explaining his plan to her, she sat down on the bed as well and leaned her head on Mesa's other shoulder. Much to Cang Yue's astonishment upon seeing it, even though she already knew. And so they sat there, just enjoying each other's presence.

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Meanwhile

Back at Blue Wind Imperial City, inside the Emperor's personal chambers.

Emperor Cang Wahne was totally ecstatic upon hearing that Mesa had won the Blue Wind Ranking Tournament. His personal eunuch had just shared the news with him. He still held the Sound Transmission Jade in his hands with which he just received the news from the Mighty Heavenly Sword Villa about Mesa Uchiha winning the tournament. After a few minutes of being in a daze about this whole, dreamlike news.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty! Congratulations! The Ranking Tournament has finally ended and our Imperial Family… Imperial Family... has actually gotten first place! First place!" Said the eunuch, sharing the news ecstatically with the Emperor.

Cang Wanhe's mouth twitched, trembling while asking: "This news, are you sure this is true?"

"That is the news that Heavenly Sword Villa has released, it's definitely true! Right now, the same message is being spread all over the Empire. Not a word is false!" The eunuch continued in extreme excitement: "Mesa Uchiha, who represented the Blue Wind Imperial Family had won all of his matches in the first group stage, had won all of his matches in the second group stage as well, had fought against the Xiao Sect, Burning Heaven Clan, Heavenly Sword Villa and the Frozen Cloud Asgard in the elimination stage and had beaten all of them to obtain first place!! If even half of this is false, may the heavens strike this servant with lightning!"

Cang Wanhe's face became even redder as excitement rushed throughout his body: "Good... Good... Good!! Haha… hahahaha… hahahahahahaha…"

Laughing heartily like there was no tomorrow, Emperor Cang Wanhe's excitement was through the roof and he happily decreed: "This is the glory my Blue Wind Imperial Family deserves! This is what is truly means to look down upon the world from above! Send an imperial order to all related parties. Say that from today onwards, for the next three years, the resources given to each Profound Palace will increase! Blue Wind Profound Palace's reward will be proclaimed another day! From today onwards, we will prepare the greatest banquet in the Blue Wind Palace's main hall, we want to personally receive Mesa Uchiha when they return... As for Mesa Uchiha's reward, I will proclaim it at a later date!"

"This servant has received the order..."

"Wait! Serve me with that bottle that Mesa Uchiha left here for me for this occasion. What's it called again? Uhm… Right! Bring me that bottle of Jack Daniels Old No. 7 and a few glasses. This special news merits a special drink! And tell Blue Wind Profound Palace Chief Dongfang Xiu to come here immediately! And that is an imperial order! Can't have this special bottle without sharing it with him!" Said Emperor Cang Wanhe happily.

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Meanwhile, back at the Mighty Heaven Sword Villa, at the Burning Heaven Clan residence, inside their living room.

After the end of the tournament and the subsequent victory of Mesa Uchiha, the Burning Heaven Clan had been in a restless state of near constant agitation and frustration. This state had been there even before, ever since Fen Juebi had lost against Mesa Uchiha and had his leg broken by him. And the greatest reason for their current state was Mesa Uchiha pummeling their great elder, Fen Moli, into a wall and pinning him down to the ground using his hammer, Mjolnir.

But right after Mesa Uchiha had won the final match and was taken away on a stretcher by the medical staff of the Mighty Heavenly Sword Villa, they had been in a slightly more optimistic mood. And when the rumors of Mesa Uchiha's grievous injuries had leaked out, that's when they were truly ecstatic.

"Hahahaha...!! The heavens haven't abandoned us after all! Now, we have a chance to bring justice upon Mesa Uchiha for all for all shame he has brought upon our ill.u.s.trious and great Burning Heaven Clan!" Said Fen Moli loudly to the Burning Heaven Clan group, who responded with cheers and laughter.

"But the best part of all, is the fact that he has those treasures on him! Even though that f.u.c.k.i.n.g hammer is out of our reach, it doesn't mean that the rest of his treasures are! That Boosted Gear of his and especially that fire sword he has! What was it called again, Ryujo Jak or something like that? Anyways, it doesn't matter. What does matter is that that sword belongs to the Burning Heaven Clan by right and it will become our clan's greatest treasure! And once it belongs to us, I will give it a name that will truly suit it, the Burning Heaven Flame Blade. And not to mention those rings he has on his hands. There is no doubt in my mind that they are filled with other treasures such as priceless herbs, crystals and other kinds of treasures!" Said Fen Moli.

"Great Elder, I have something to say!" Announced Fen Juecheng loudly as he stood.

"What is it, Young Master Fen?"

"I have found someone who hates Mesa Uchiha even more than we do and he wants to help us out!" Said Fen Juecheng.

"Ohh… and who might that be?" Said Fen Moli whose curiosity was peaked.

"Mu Tianbei, Master of the Heavenly Spear Thunderfire Sect. I have approached him after we heard about the rumors of Mesa Uchiha's injuries. And he is more than willing to help us out. But just in case you're worried about him stealing those treasures for himself, I have warned him, that if he so much as thinks about that, that we will destroy the Heavenly Spear Thunderfire Sect completely!" Said Fen Juecheng.

Thinking about it for a minute, Fen Moli decided to let Mu Tianbei join them, but under a few conditions: "Very well, tell him that he can join us. But tell him that I will be personally watching him and if I see him try to do anything that displeases me, that I will personally kill him right there."

"Yes Great Elder, I will tell him tomorrow." Said Fen Juecheng.

"Well than, everyone rest up! The Heaven Secret Basin Realm is a dangerous place and we need every ounce of strength we can gather if we want to find any kind of treasures in there. I have been inside the Heaven Secret Basin Realm once and I can tell you right now, it is a dangerous place and you must not get complacent in there, lest you want to die there! It would be fantastic if that Mesa Uchiha bastard went there as well, it would be the perfect place to bury without anyone knowing." Said Fen Moli to everyone as they all got up and went back to their rooms for a good night rest.

A few minutes after everyone had gone to bed, one of the walls in the room suddenly starts to deform. The wall suddenly gets a face and out of the wall comes Mesa Uchiha. He had used his Wood-style to merge with the wooden walls and listen in on their conversations. After he came out of the wall, he couldn't help but smile.

"How very predictable these people are. Don't you think so too, Jasmine?" Said Mesa.

And out of the Sky Poison Pearl, Jasmine appears, also sporting a smile on her face: "Indeed, very predictable. I saw this cliché move coming from a million miles away. The fact that these people are so gullible, that they would take any bait and not stop to think about it for a second, truly makes this more fun."

"I know right. Luring out greedy, arrogant d.i.c.kheads who think they are on top of the world, only for me to reveal that they have walked straight into my trap is one the most amusing things to do for me in this world." Said Mesa with a malevolent grin.

"Ohh! Well, would you look at that!" Said Mesa suddenly.

"What? Did you find something?" Asked Jasmine.

"Yeah, apparently I've unlocked another Hidden Quest. Let's see." Said Mesa as he opened the hidden quest marker.

["Congratulations sir, you've completed the Hidden Quest: 'Showmanship Extraordinaire'

Objective of the Hidden Quest: Win the Blue Wind Ranking Tournament in the most unnecessarily and over the top way.

Rewards: Your cultivation level is increased by 1 level."]

And just like that, Mesa's cultivation level increased from Level 6 to Level 7 Emperor Profound Realm. Instead of being overjoyed at this level increase, Mesa instead was bothered by the objective of the hidden quest.

"Jasmine, be honest with me. Was I being unnecessarily over the top during this tournament?" Asked Mesa.

"Yep, pretty much." Answered Jasmine immediately and bluntly. Mesa felt like he got shot through the heart with a metaphorical arrow.

"Oh, but I am not always so unnecessarily over the top, am I?" Asked Mesa.

"Sorry, but you really are. But it's not like I mind. In fact, your over the top way of dealing with things is pretty hilarious. But, the way you did your fight with that Xia Qingyue, was actually unnecessarily over the top and you could have dialed it down it down a few notches there." Said Jasmine bluntly.

"Oh…ok. Well, let's go back to our room Jasmine. We're done here." Said Mesa a little down.

"If you're thinking that I am telling that you shouldn't do this anymore, then you're wrong. I wanna see more of your over the top way of dealing with things. It really is some of the most hilarious things I have ever seen." Said Jasmine just before Mesa teleported them back to his room.