Chapter 2857 — The Silkworm Transformation? The Silkworm Fairy!
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"Xiao Ming, it's past four in the morning, and there are still trial-takers coming out of the teleportation array?" Tian Canbian had clearly not rested either; his eyes were threaded with blood, and he looked somewhat haggard.
"Four cultivators passed the trial and brought back the trial spirit medicine." Kang Jingming hurriedly produced the record book and handed it over. "Young Sect Master, this is the list of those four!"
"Oh? Let me see." Tian Canbian took the record book from Kang Jingming and glanced at it. After reading the names, his expression instantly turned disappointed. He said nothing, and no one could tell what he was thinking.
Kang Jingming did not dare make a sound either, standing cautiously to one side and waiting.
"Eighteen days now, and he still hasn't come out..." Tian Canbian murmured to himself and handed the record book back to Kang Jingming.
"Young Sect Master, what did you say? Who hasn't come out?" Kang Jingming had not caught it clearly and hastily asked.
"Nothing..." Tian Canbian shook his head. "I'm tired and need to rest a while. Xiao Ming, you may go down for now. But if anyone else comes out, tell me at once!"
"Yes, Young Sect Master." Kang Jingming nodded, then smiled slightly. "Young Sect Master, you're tired, aren't you? Let me give you another massage!"
As he spoke, Kang Jingming reached for Tian Canbian's shoulders. Over this period he had come to feel quite familiar with Tian Canbian, and he massaged him often, so he no longer bothered to ask permission.
Although Tian Canbian seemed to be in a poor mood today, Kang Jingming paid it no mind.
"Smack!"
A crisp sound, jarringly loud!
Before Kang Jingming's hands could touch Tian Canbian's shoulders, Tian Canbian's palm cracked across his face!
"Ah!" Kang Jingming was startled, clutching his cheek. A tooth inside had been knocked loose. It hurt, but it also left him utterly baffled, and he whined with injured grievance, "Young Sect Master, why did you hit Xiao Ming..."
Xiao Taohong was stunned as well. Hadn't Kang Jingming been giving him massages all this time? Why had he suddenly struck Kang Jingming today?
"What massage? You forget your place, Xiao Ming—remember your station!" Tian Canbian said furiously.
"Huh?" Kang Jingming was dumbstruck. What was this? Had Tian Canbian lost his memory? Why was a massage allowed before but not today? And not only was there no massage, he had been slapped and told he had forgotten his place?
If he had forgotten his place, why not say so before? Why only today? Kang Jingming was thoroughly miserable, though he did grasp one truth: Xiao Taohong had been right—serving a lord was like tending a tiger. What reason was there to be had with the Young Sect Master?
He hit when he wanted to hit, and whatever he said was law—you did not dare talk back!
"Yes... Young Sect Master, I'm sorry... I acted on impulse..." Kang Jingming clutched his cheek, on the verge of tears.
"Forget it, you may go down..." Tian Canbian also felt his reaction had perhaps been too violent. Seeing Kang Jingming's aggrieved look, something stirred faintly in his heart. Could it be that his younger brother had let him give massages? Otherwise, given Kang Jingming's character, he would hardly dare to do something so reckless!
At that thought, Tian Canbian suddenly felt he had wronged Kang Jingming—the fellow was unlucky enough. But as the Young Sect Master of the Xuandan Sect, dignity was indispensable. At this moment she felt no sympathy at all; she closed her eyes and let Xiao Taohong lead Kang Jingming away.
Only after Xiao Taohong had left the room did Tian Canbian open her eyes again... What was wrong with her? Why did she care so much about him? Was it because... he had fought shoulder to shoulder with her, a friend forged in hardship? Or was it because he was the first man ever to touch her body?