Chapter 138 - Taking Down the Usurpers - Part 2

By the end of this day, you will be back in charge, Cang Shuo and those who support him will all be arrested. And the Burning Heaven Clan will no longer exist.

And so, Mesa had Cang Wanhe do as he said.

Outside the door, the two Burning Heaven Clan were just standing around, being bored. It was soon time for breakfast to be brought over for them and their prisoner. That was until…

"AAAAHHHHH!! MY LEG! MY LEG!"

they heard their prisoner suddenly scream bloody murder. Startled out of their stupor, they immediately open the door and see Cang Wanhe lie on the ground, clutching his left knee.

"What happened?!" Said one of the Burning Heaven disciples as they entered the room and walked over towards Cang Wanhe.

Unbeknownst to them, standing behind the door were the two Mesa clones and once those Burning Heaven Clan disciples entered the room, they silently came up behind them.

"Hey you idiot! What happened here!" Said the other Burning Heaven disciple as they stood over Cang Wanhe.

And immediately, the pained grimace on Cang Wanhe's face became one of ridicule as he said to the Burning Heaven Clan disciples. "This happened you idiots."

Without even having the time to process what he said to them, two pairs of hands appeared on the heads of the Burning Heaven Clan disciples. And before they even knew it…

*CRACK!*

They dropped to the ground with broken necks, never having seen or heard it coming. Immediately the two Mesa clones search their pockets for the Sound Transmission Stone that Fen Duanhun left with them when he would give the order to kill Cang Wanhe. After a few moments, one of them pulls out this oblong yellow colored stone about the size of a glasses case, i.e. the Sound Transmission Stone.

"Alright your Majesty, now that these two bozo's gone, you're free to leave this f.u.c.k.i.n.g room." Said Mesa to Cang Wanhe who was getting back on his feet.

"Thank you for everything Mesa." Said Cang Wanhe. "But what about Yue'er? Are you certain that you can save her?" He asked in desperation.

"Yes." Said Mesa confidently. "Like I said earlier, the 'real' me is there right now and he will save her. And like I said earlier as well, by the end of this day, Cang Shuo and all of his supporters will be arrested, the Burning Heaven Clan will be annihilated and Cang Yue WILL be back home safe and sound."

"Very well then, I will place my hopes on you then." Said Cang Wanhe. Looking at Cang Wanhe as he let out a sigh of relieve, it was evident this thought that had tormented him for days and weighed down on him heavily had finally been lifted.

"So, what else do you need me to do." Asked Cang Wanhe.

"Nothing, I already have everything else covered." Said Mesa nonchalantly. "Now that you're free, the rest of my clones will go free Dongfang Xiu and capture Cang Shuo. And after that, we'll be separating the wheat from the chaff so to speak."

Elsewhere in the Imperial Palace.

Cang Shuo woke up rather early that morning, he had just finished speaking with Fen Juecheng via a Sound Transmission Stone. They would be sending someone to come and pick him up later morning for the wedding that would happen later that afternoon.

"Excellent, all of my plans that I have worked so hard towards are finally coming to fruition! With that bitch knowing her place and marrying Fen Juecheng, I will have the Burning Heaven Clan supporting me and finally make the Imperial Family the undisputed greatest power in the Blue Wind Empire." Said Cang Shuo to himself in celebration.

And this soon turned his thoughts to his father, Cang Wanhe, who had always been so stubborn to accept either the backing of the Burning Heaven Clan or the Xiao Sect. When his health started to deteriorate, Cang Shuo immediately acted and started to gather power against his older brother Crown Prince Cang Lin, after he went and got the support of the Xiao Sect, by gaining the support of the Burning Heaven Clan.

'That filthy whore sister of mine is finally doing something right for a change. Going around, being all cuddly with that filthy bastard Mesa Uchiha and daring to humiliate Fen Juecheng and the Burning Heaven Clan in front of everyone. Thank the heavens that Fen Chu came by and now everything is as it should be.' Murmured Cang Shou to himself thinking about Cang Yue.

Getting up out of bed, he grabs a bel that lied on the nightstand next to him and rang it. In response, the door to his chambers opened up. Normally, this would be the signal for his servants to come in to his chamber and get him ready for the day by bathing him, shaving him, and dressing him up. But this time was different.

"Just so you all know, today's a very special day. Our beloved princess Cang Yue is marrying Fen Juecheng today. So make sure I look my best. Can't be embarrassing the Imperial Family in front of my soon-to-be in-laws, now can I?" Said Cang Shuo with his back to the door.

"I beg to differ your highness." Said the voice of the one person Cang Shuo had never expected/wanted to hear.

Turning around with a jolt, Cang Shou saw Mesa Uchiha, Cang Wanhe and Dongfang Xiu stand there in the doorway and immediately his face went pale as a ghost.

"Y-Y-Y-You… how! W-W-What!" Stammered Cang Shuo, pointing at them with a shaking finger at seeing all three of them standing there.

"GUARDS! GUARDS!" he screams out as he goes for the Sound Transmission Stone that was lying on his nightstand in order to contact the Burning Heaven Clan. But right before he could grab it, the Sound Transmission Stone flies off the nightstand and straight into Mesa's hand.

"Don't bother calling for any guards, they're all incapacitated. You're the only one left standing. It's over son, just give up." Said Cang Wanhe with Mesa and Dongfang Xiu walking towards him.

As they were approaching him, Cang Shuo started laughing like a madman, pointing towards Cang Wanhe and Mesa and exclaiming that they were already too late. "Hahahaha! You fools! You think you can stop me now! The wheels towards my ascension as Emperor of the Blue Wind Empire have already begun turning! There is nothing you stupid fools can do to stop me now! In mere hours, that filthy whore will be married to Fen Juecheng and then I will forever have the support of the Burning Heaven Clan! And with Fen Chu as part of the Burning Heaven Clan, nobody in the Blue Wind Empire will be more powerful than them. Even if you went there right now at top speed, you will never be in time to save her! So go ahead! Imprison me! But it will only be a matter of time before the Burning Heaven will come to my rescue and imprison you all! And once that has happened, I will personally see to it that you are all tortured to death!"

And he kept shouting out in defiance, swearing to the heavens that he would be freed by the Burning Heaven Clan and that he would enjoy watching them be tortured to death, even as he was put in restraints by Mesa and Dongfang Xiu. At some point, having heard enough of him, Cang Wanhe straight up punched him in the face, breaking his nose.

"Get this thing out my sight and bind him with every chain you can get! And GAG him!!"

Once Cang Shuo was taken out of the room, Cang Wanhe told Mesa to bring back all of the guards and servants and officials he had whisked away. He wanted to, once and for all, weed out all of the members of either Cang Shuo's or Cang Ling's camp. It was, in his words, time to take back control and show everyone once and for all who the real emperor of the Blue Wind Empire is.

Once Dongfang Xiu had put a gagged and heavily restrained Cang Shuo in the dungeons, he came back to topside. Mesa and Emperor Cang Wanhe were standing in the courtyard right in front of section of the palace where his chambers were. What he saw was quite surprising to say the least. He saw Mesa's appearing out of thin air holding either one of the government officials, one of the guards or any one of the palace staff. And as expected, every one of these captives all started panicking the moment they appeared back in the courtyard and when they saw Emperor Cang Wanhe standing there, they immediately started begging for help to free them from Mesa, but he ignored them all.

"It's going to take hours to interview them all. And how will we find out who's telling the truth and who's not." Groaned Emperor Cang Wanhe in frustration.

"Leave it to me your majesty. I got this." Said Mesa.

With just a nod to his clones, they all acted in unison and grabbed every captive's head and forced them to look at the Mesa at the front. As for what he did…

GENJUTSU: SHARINGAN

He put all of them all in a state of genjutsu where they would truthfully answer any question asked of them.

"Go ahead your majesty, I have put all of them in a state of hypnosis where they answer any question truthfully." Said Mesa to a very astonished Emperor Cang Wanhe and Dongfang Xiu.

"I have so many questions." Said Emperor Cang Wanhe all the while shaking his head side to side.

"And like I said your majesty. Once this is over, I will answer any question you have." Said Mesa nonchalantly.

And so, with Emperor Cang Wanhe accepting his answer for now, he went to work. He asked everyone the following questions:

1. With whom do your loyalties lie?

2. Did you have any ulterior motives for being loyal towards Cang Lin/Cang Shuo (asked for when they said that they were loyal to either Cang Shuo or Cang Lin)

3. Are you willing to swear an oath of undying loyalty towards Emperor Cang Wanhe and serve him and the Blue Wind Empire till your dying breath?

(A.N.: For those saying that these questions are too weak or leaves too much room for exploitation, give me your suggestions for questions. I honestly could not come up with better questions and since I do not speak lawyer, this is the best I can do.)

With that, the more than 500 people that were working in the palace had been reduced to 300. Those who failed, were taken away and locked up, most of those being government officials. The guards and servants, having very little power in how the country is run, were mostly let off when they swore another oath of loyalty to the Blue Wind Empire and the Emperor.

Meanwhile

A few miles outside of the Burning Heaven Clan, the real Mesa accompanied by a single shadow clone touched down outside of the Burning Heaven Clan. It was now late morning when they touched down. And immediately after, Jasmine came out.

"Thank you for doing this Jasmine, I really appreciate it." Said Mesa.

"Sure, no problem." Said Jasmine nonchalantly. "And besides, if you go in all guns blazing without knowing where she is, you can end hurting her instead."

This was their plan. With Jasmine using her Age Seal powers, she could easily sneak her way in and do what she wanted. And Mesa had asked her to use these powers to go in and find Cang Yue's whereabouts. Though he could simply teleport to her exact location, he didn't want to in case it could end hurting her. If it turned out that she was in a safe location for Mesa to teleport in, the real one would teleport to her and save her while the clone would attract everyone's attention.

And with a click of her teeth and with time standing still, Jasmine went on her way to the Burning Heaven Clan. Entering without any kind of problems, she scoured the entirety of the Burning Heaven Clan. Any obstacle in her way, like a locked door, would be easily overcome by cutting along its 'lines of death' using her Mystic Eyes of Death Perception and breaking it apart. This way, she covered the entire Burning Heaven Clan and when she had finally found Cang Yue, she immediately ran back towards Mesa in a hurry, even though it wouldn't have mattered in the first since time stood still.

And with another click of her teeth, time started moving once again. But before Mesa could even ask her if it safe for him to teleport, she immediately cut him off. "GO! Teleport to her right now! Before it's too late! She is about to…"

When Mesa heard about the dire situation that Cang Yue was in right now, he was absolutely livid and immediately teleported towards her.