"It was that simple."
Feng Jiutian chuckled, his smile ingratiating. "I beg you, Senior, please grant my request!"
Huo Lie nodded. "Very well. This King will agree. I'll give you a few days to spend with your daughter. In a few days, I'll come back to take her."
Feng Jiutian was overjoyed. "Thank you, Senior!"
Seeing Feng Jiutian like this, Huo Lie curled his lips in a mocking smile. "It was nothing."
The scene was indeed deeply ironic. His daughter was about to be taken away, yet Feng Jiutian, her father, was begging the other party to wait a few days. When they agreed, he even hurried to thank them. How could it not be ironic?
"Alas..." Phoenix Old Ancestor said nothing, only sighing again and again in his heart.
"This junior is Huo Feiyang. Greetings, Senior."
Huo Feiyang spoke up as well. He clasped his hands toward Feng Jiutian, chin held high and showing not the slightest respect.
"You must be the man my daughter will marry in the future, right? Good, good. I've heard of you. You're one of the top Heavenly Prodigies of the Fire Crow Clan. My daughter will be marrying up by becoming your wife. I hope you'll be patient with her from now on," Feng Jiutian said.
Hearing Feng Jiutian's flattery and ingratiating words, Huo Feiyang grew even more pleased with himself, and looked down on Feng Jiutian and the Phoenix Clan even more.
In the end, Huo Lie and the other two left for the time being, agreeing to return in five days. Then they would take the Phoenix Heavenly Maiden back to the Fire Crow Clan to raise her.
After seeing off Huo Lie and the others, the smile vanished from Feng Jiutian's face in an instant, replaced by bone-chilling cold and