"Alas, at such a young age, he'd already been saddled with a cultivation loan from the Soul Hall. His life was completely ruined!"
"As demonic cultivators among the beast clans, the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan has always been at odds with us humans. Ordinary cultivators who can't repay their cultivation loans can at least flee to Danta and work off their debts, but him... tsk, tsk."
"He even used his fiancée as collateral. Is a mongrel bird like him really worth sympathizing with?"
The crowd erupted into chatter, some sounding pitying, some sighing, but most were clearly gloating.
After all, the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan's tyrannical brutality was known to everyone. Coupled with their behavior at the auction earlier, no one could summon even the slightest sympathy for him.
Served him right.
"..."
Hearing the mockery from below, Jiu Feng's eyes turned bloodshot. Yet he had no mind left to argue, only glaring fixedly at the man before him, hatred nearly driving him mad. "You... tricked... me?!"
"If you have no money, don't compete with the Soul Hall in wealth."
Xiao Yan casually put the jade pendant away and said blandly, "This trading fair is jointly operated by the Soul Hall and the Mittel Auction House under my Xiao Family. How exactly did I trick you?"
He glanced at Huang Yun'er, who was kneeling there like a corpse, then at the jealousy-consumed Jiu Feng. The corners of his lips slowly curved upward. "Besides, I don't have a habit of taking out loans using my fiancée as collateral."
With that, he leaped down from the private room. Under Hun Ruoruo's astonished gaze, he grabbed the girl's small hand.
"Let's go."
Xiao Yan took a deep breath, then actually copied the posture of a princess carry and swept her into his arms.