Chapter 345 - Punished
Kang Lin’s hands wanted to shake, something that simply wasn’t tolerable for a cultivator of her stature, so she let out a deep breath and steadied them tight against her legs. As she stared at the door in front of her, the one that led to Master’s office, and tried to summon enough courage to knock, she couldn’t seem to keep from hunching her back to keep her head low.
Could she even call him Master anymore? Sect Leader was probably more appropriate. Surely, at the very least, he would expel her as a disciple.
Which would be terrible. The disciple-Master bond was sacred. When a disciple acted so badly that a Master had to end the relationship, the chance of anyone ever taking that position again was almost none.
With one ill-considered act, she’d managed to lose one of her best friends, her former almost fiancé, and her Master. She couldn’t believe what an idiot she’d been.
Still, though, a part of her didn’t understand what she could have possibly done differently.
Before she could muster up enough gumption to announce her presence, a message dragon popped through the door. She grabbed the paper and read it.
Kang Lin,
Your reason for coming here today is important, and I do not want to diminish that seriousness. In fact, it is due to the gravity of the situation that I sent this message.
Wan Ai and Sun Hua are on their way to my office. I believe that it would be much better for me to complete that conversation first so that I can give you and your situation my full attention. Please tell them to come in when they arrive.
Well, it looked like she’d have to wait a bit longer to learn her fate.
Less than a minute later, the two girls arrived, neither looking particularly angry at Kang Lin. In fact, none of the Rising Tide Sect members she’d seen as she’d walked through the campground had reacted to her much at all.
So there was that…