Seeing this, the Second Elder and Aierfu finally confirmed that the person undergoing tribulation really had dissipated, and smiles involuntarily appeared on both their faces.
The Second Elder even laughed without any restraint:
"No wonder that old fellow looked like that. I reckon the person undergoing tribulation was quite important to them. Unfortunately, he was a little too arrogant, actually choosing to withstand the tribulation lightning head-on. He really didn't know his own limits!"
Aierfu said:
"Who cares whether he was important? As long as he's dead, that's a good thing!"
The Second Elder nodded:
"Then let's leave. The Makarov Family won't welcome us anyway!"
The two immediately flew toward their Family Planet.
As for the remaining family representatives, they naturally saw the change in the afterimage as well and reached the same conclusion.
They were pleased to see this outcome, and there was no need to investigate further.
However, they would not behave like the Hartell Family. The proper courtesies still had to be observed.
By then, the First Grand Elder and Saikeer had already returned to the Manor.
Ferid, the Matriarch, and the First Elder came forward to meet them, their faces full of expectation as they asked:
"How did it go? Where's Ye Feng?"
But neither the Grand Elder nor Saikeer spoke, and their expressions grew even grimmer.
Seeing this, Ferid and the other two guessed the outcome.
Although all three had expected this result, they still felt a pang of heartache when it was truly confirmed.
At this point, the Grand Elder could only comfort them:
"What's done is done. There's nothing we can do about it. Fortunately, we haven't lost anything either. Let's just pretend this person never appeared!"
The others all nodded. That was all they could do.
Only Saikeer felt especially guilty. He