The outcome of this competition to save lives was unexpected, yet perfectly reasonable.
In the end, the ones who saved Granny Shi and A Xiu were neither Ye Weiming, the impartial, selfless, and kind Hero Saint of the authorities, nor Dao Mei, the valiant agent who had ventured deep into danger for the court's cause at the risk of her own life. It was Youyou, the spirited young woman who had come to meet them at the docks and happened to stumble into the matter.
After saving the two of them, Youyou visibly breathed a sigh of relief, only to be startled by the system prompt that suddenly appeared. When Ye Weiming and Dao Mei flew over to her, she could not help showing a guilty expression. "Um, I didn't know saving them was your mission. I just saw them jump from the cliff and couldn't stop myself from rescuing them. So... sorry!"
After receiving the sudden mission prompt, Youyou showed no joy on her face. Instead, she seemed somewhat uneasy.
In her view, Ye Weiming and Dao Mei had clearly made many preparations for this mission, waiting only to save the two NPCs at the very end and receive part of the Ode to Gallantry divine art inheritance as their reward.
Yet just as the two of them were about to succeed, she had inexplicably snatched the prize from them. Even the supreme art inheritance given as a mission reward had already entered her Skill Panel directly, making it impossible to transfer or trade even if she wanted to.
Given the circumstances, she naturally felt guilty toward them.
Ye Weiming, however, took it quite well. After stopping his glide and controlling the Dragon Wings of Heaven to hover in midair, he smiled and shook his head at Youyou, indicating