Kong Shishuang didn't recognize him.
But she recognized the clothes he was wearing.
It was the attire exclusively for the inner - sect disciples of the Lin family in the past.
"Who are you?"
"Why are you targeting my Misty Rain Tower?"
"If I remember correctly, the Misty Rain Tower has never offended you."
Kong Shishuang fired off three questions in succession.
The man across from her just smiled gently.
"Who I am doesn't matter. The person you offended isn't me. It's him you've offended."
After the gentle - looking young man finished speaking, another person stepped out from behind him.
At the sight of this person, Kong Shishuang was startled.
Then she recognized a hint of familiarity from his face.
"Zhang Tianyuan!"
Zhang Tianyuan, he wasn't dead!
"Alright, I'll lend you this fierce beast for a few days. Remember, you have to return it."
With that, the man turned around and flew away.
At this moment, Zhang Tianyuan was standing on the back of the fierce beast, looking down haughtily.
He looked at Kong Shishuang and her group, his eyes full of disgust. Naturally, Zhang Tianyuan hated the Misty Rain Tower. Back then, the Misty Rain Tower was both his starting point and his ending point.
His spiritual root was destroyed, and he was made mute by Zhao Shuning.
The pain was still fresh in his memory even now.
"It's you! You pretended to be Shui Yunsheng to target my Misty Rain Tower. I just didn't think of it. It's really unfair of God. A villain like you can actually ride a fierce beast and show off in front of my Misty Rain Tower one day."
Zhang Tianyuan looked up at the sky, trying to laugh.
But now, he couldn't speak, let alone laugh.
He couldn't speak, but it didn't mean the Talking Beast left by that man couldn't.
As a alchemist, it was only a matter of time before he could communicate with the fierce beast. Moreover, Zhang Tianyuan had spent a long time with the fierce beast before attacking the Misty Rain Tower and had already established a connection with it.
"Kong Shishuang, what a noble young lady of the Kong family. Have you been comfortable in your position as the master of the Misty Rain Tower all these years?"
"A Talking Beast? You actually trained a gentle - natured Talking Beast into a fierce one? Zhang Tianyuan, your methods are still as despicable as ever."
The Talking Beast was originally a gentle - tempered beast that could accompany its master to relieve boredom and understand its master's mind. Most of the people who signed contracts with this kind of beast were women.
But now, if it weren't for the beast speaking in Zhang Tianyuan's tone, Kong Shishuang wouldn't have believed that such a gentle beast could become so ferocious and almost destroy the Misty Rain Tower.
If Zhao Shuning hadn't given the Lotus Green - Silk Cat to Kong Shishuang back then and without the help of Xiaoli, the city wall would probably have been breached long ago.
"Blame it all on Zhao Shuning. If it weren't for her ruining my mission back then, I wouldn't have been punished by the organization and become mute. Now, all of you in the Misty Rain Tower are just like ants under my feet."
Kong Shishuang took a few steps back.
"You? You think you can destroy my Misty Rain Tower? You're being too naive."
"I know you, Kong Shishuang, have the Lotus Green - Silk Cat. But do you think the Talking Beast under my feet can only talk gently?"
Kong Shishuang of course knew it couldn't.
She had already experienced the beast's power before.
Zhang Tianyuan hated the Misty Rain Tower.
Kong Shishuang could understand. After all, Zhang Tianyuan's father, Zhang Zhi, ended up in such a miserable state, and the Misty Rain Tower was also involved.
However, it was the Zhang family that had brought disaster upon themselves.
"Kong Shishuang, when I left back then, I swore in my letter that one day, I would return to the Misty Rain Tower and make all of you in the Misty Rain Tower submit to me."
Kong Shishuang's face was solemn.
She didn't dare to relax the slightest bit.
The disciples behind her were full of vigor and wanted to stand up and fight Zhang Tianyuan to the death, but they were stopped by Kong Shishuang.
"All of you leave."
"Remember, today's incident was all done by Zhang Tianyuan, who betrayed the sect. It has nothing to do with Shui Yunsheng."
"Yes, we understand, Master."
At this moment, countless vines suddenly rose around the Misty Rain Tower.
The vines were covered with black thorns, and the tips of the thorns glistened with cold light. These vines and thorns must have mutated.
They came crashing down, enclosing the entire Misty Rain Tower.
Seeing this, Kong Shishuang turned pale with fright.
Zhang Tianyuan's attack on the Misty Rain Tower today was not a spur - of - the - moment decision. He must have planned it for a long time. Presumably, She Shi's occupation of the Shanhuazhou Peak was also related to Zhang Tianyuan.
She Shi chose the Shanhuazhou Peak and kept wandering around the Misty Rain Tower during that period. Maybe from that time on, the seeds of the Ghost Vines had been planted in the corners around the Misty Rain Tower.
Ghost Vines were unique to the Ghost Domain.
This kind of plant couldn't grow on the Kyushu Continent. But if it was nourished by dark forces, it would break through the soil and grow rapidly in a short period of time until it enclosed the object it trapped into a spherical shape.
At this moment, Kong Shishuang and the others had nowhere to retreat.
The thorns of the Ghost Vines were highly poisonous. If they stayed still in the enclosed area, it would be okay.
But if they moved around in a panic, the Ghost Vines would surely chase after them until they sucked all their flesh and blood. Flesh and blood were the best nourishment for them.
"Don't move, all of you!"
Kong Shishuang had heard about the Ghost Vines from Ling Sese.
She was almost a sixth - rank spiritual alchemist and could barely handle the situation. But these students had limited abilities. If they moved around, there would surely be countless casualties.
"Master!"
"Remember, don't move at all."
There was no alchemist in the tower now, and her elder brother had been missing for many years. If these children were poisoned by the Ghost Vines, she wouldn't be able to find enough pills to save them.
"Zhang Tianyuan, tell me, what do I have to do for you to spare these children?"
In the past, the arrogant young lady.
Now, there was finally a hint of fear in her tone.
And also a bit of forbearance.
"So, even you, Miss Kong, can be afraid and beg for help."
If it were just Kong Shishuang alone, she would never beg for mercy, let alone lower her pride to beg this scumbag, Zhang Tianyuan.
She would rather die than kneel to him!
But now it was different.
Kong Shishuang was the master of the Misty Rain Tower. She wasn't alone. There were thousands of students behind her. These students were the hopes of countless families. If the Misty Rain Tower, which received the offerings from these families, couldn't teach them anything and couldn't even protect their lives, then she, Kong Shishuang, would be an unforgivable villain.
Even if she died a thousand or a hundred times, it wouldn't be enough to atone for such a sin!
"Kneel down and beg me. If you do, I'll seriously consider whether to spare them."