493: Heroes riding on auspicious clouds

"Open System."

For this piece of intelligence, the system did not reward him with a [Pluck things from thin air] skill, so Ye Su could only use the system space to try and collect that ball of light into it.

[Target item exceeds collection limit. This retrieval failed. Please approach the target item and try again, Host...]

To close the distance, as he walked forward, Ye Su stretched his right arm out as far as possible while continuously activating the system space function, ensuring he could retrieve the meteorite the moment he was in range.

[Item retrieval successful!]

[storage space seven: Intelligence item - meteorite]

Heaven rewards the diligent.

At a distance of about two meters from the system's light, Ye Su, relying on the advantage of his long reach, finally managed to successfully collect the meteorite into the system space.

He had no time to take the meteorite out of the system to admire it. Raising his hand to check the time, Ye Su discovered that 11 minutes had already passed.

"Damn, it's 21 minutes past, I need to hurry."

Ye Su dared not linger. He turned around, kicked aside the weeds, and quickly left the weed patch. It only took him 5 minutes to cross the shallow ditch piled with fallen leaves and return to the familiar bamboo forest.

It is easy to go up the mountain, but hard to go down.

Bypassing the bamboo forest, Ye Su's speed climbing up was significantly faster than when he had come down earlier.

Rushing and hurrying, when Ye Su arrived at the entrance of the Banyan Tree Nunnery panting heavily, the hands on his watch had just passed 10:29.

There was no commotion inside the nunnery, proving that Wu Lianfang had not yet fainted inside.

"The top scholar saves his mother; the timing is just right."

After catching his breath for a moment, Ye Su lifted his foot and walked into the Banyan Tree Nunnery.

Looking around, besides seeing Su Wan at a glance, Ye Su also noticed there were only five pilgrims left in the hall.

Four of them were middle-aged women, and there was also a beautiful young girl with a good figure and flowing long hair, who was accompanying a middle-aged woman offering incense.

"Is that the mother and daughter?"

After a subtle glance at the middle-aged woman whose body was suddenly emitting a blood-red light, Ye Su came before Su Wan: "Mom."

"Where did you go?" Seeing Ye Su's appearance, Su Wan frowned: "Why are you so dirty?"

Only after Su Wan said this did Ye Su realize that his trek westward had left his body covered in weeds and dust.

"Go outside and brush yourself off, then come back in to offer some incense. We'll be ready to go home and cook dinner soon."

"Okay."

Ye Su obediently followed instructions. After stepping outside, he patted himself all over to brush off the weeds.

"Ah!"

Just as he was about to turn back to the nunnery, Ye Su heard a girl's scream from inside.

"Mom!"

"What happened to you, Mom!"

"Don't scare me!"

Upon hearing the commotion, Ye Su knew it was his time to enter the scene.

Returning to the nunnery, Ye Su saw several pilgrims and an old nun gathered together, including Su Wan.

Through the gaps between the people, Ye Su saw a figure lying on the ground, with another figure crouching beside them, shaking the person on the ground repeatedly while crying and calling out continuously.

"Mom, what happened?" Running up to Su Wan, Ye Su asked, knowing the answer.

Su Wan looked at the mother and daughter on the ground with concern: "This person was perfectly fine just a moment ago, and then suddenly fainted. I don't know if she's alright."

"I see." Ye Su immediately said: "We're up on the mountain here; it'll take a while for an ambulance to arrive. Let me take her to the hospital directly."

"This..."

Su Wan also knew that many people ended up in trouble after trying to save others, only to be extorted in return.

She wanted to tell Ye Su not to meddle in other people's business to avoid bringing trouble upon himself.

But seeing the young girl on the ground at a loss, only able to hold her fainted mother and cry her heart out, Su Wan felt uneasy and couldn't bring herself to say the words.

Ye Su didn't give Su Wan a chance to stop him. He stepped forward and crouched beside Wu Lianfang and her daughter:

"Don't cry for now, I'll take your mom to the hospital right away."

Zhang Xuantong, her eyes red from crying, looked up at the man offering help as if she had heard a sound from heaven.

Whether it was her tears blurring her vision, adding a filter to the man before her, or if this man was genuinely handsome, she couldn't tell.

Zhang Xuantong only felt that this man was like a prince from a fairy tale world.

Sniffling hard, Zhang Xuantong, like a drowning person who suddenly grabbed a piece of driftwood, tightly gripped Ye Su's hand:

"Thank you! Please take my mom to the hospital quickly, I'll give you however much money you want!"

"Alright, if you don't let go, how am I supposed to take your mom to the hospital?"

Only then did Zhang Xuantong release her hands and wipe away her tears, trying to get a clear look at Ye Su.

Even though she was terrified and lost her composure due to the sudden situation, after seeing Ye Su's face clearly, Zhang Xuantong still felt her heart flutter.

The scene where Wu Lianfang suddenly fainted had left her completely distraught.

Ye Su's timely appearance, in Zhang Xuantong's eyes, was like the entrance of an invincible hero stepping on colorful auspicious clouds.

"Mom."

After glancing at Wu Lianfang on the ground, Ye Su turned his head to call out to Su Wan.

"What is it?"

After Su Wan replied, Ye Su turned his head to look at Zhang Xuantong, who had stopped crying:

"This is my mom."

Zhang Xuantong's family likely placed great importance on etiquette training. Upon hearing Ye Su's introduction, she instinctively greeted Su Wan:

"Hello, Auntie."

"Hello."

After being interrupted by their sudden exchange of greetings, Ye Su continued:

"I'm fast on my feet, so I'll carry your mom down the mountain first and then drive her to the People's Hospital. Could you please take my mom down the mountain and then meet me at the People's Hospital? Is that okay?"

"Saving lives is more important." Su Wan advised: "I'll head down the mountain in a bit and just take a taxi home myself."

"You should still go down with her. Looking at her state, I'm worried that if she comes down with me, she might get anxious and tumble down the stairs, which would be even more troublesome."

Seeing Zhang Xuantong's sobbing state, Su Wan also felt that Ye Su's concerns were not unreasonable.

After helping Zhang Xuantong up, Su Wan said: "Young lady, let my son take your mom to the hospital first. We can head down the mountain slowly and then take a taxi to the hospital."

Zhang Xuantong was flustered at this moment. After being helped up by Su Wan, she nodded subconsciously: "O... okay."

Seeing that Zhang Xuantong had no objections, Ye Su stopped delaying and easily picked up Wu Lianfang, as if he were carrying a 20-jin bag of rice.

[Ding!]

[Wu Lianfang is in critical condition. Please take Wu Lianfang to the hospital for treatment within half an hour, otherwise, her life will be in danger!]

[Given Wu Lianfang's critical condition, you have successfully triggered [hidden task - Righteous Act]!]

[Task Name: Righteous Act]

[Task Content: Take Wu Lianfang to the hospital for treatment within 30 minutes!]

[Task Reward: 1 million cash reward, 10 points [Physique] attribute reward, 10 points [Charm] attribute reward, special-grade fighting technique!]

As the [hidden task - Righteous Act] popped up, a 30-minute countdown also appeared before Ye Su's eyes.

[29:59!]

[29:58!]

"Damn, only half an hour!"