The Emperor, with more men than women, made me his mistress.

"There's an ambush on the mountain," Sheng Yifan warned everyone.

Upon hearing Sheng Yifan's reminder, the group became even more alert and dismounted, drawing their swords from their scabbards.

Yue Li naturally sensed the unusual atmosphere in the air. After releasing her divine sense, she saw two or three hundred burly men dressed in short clothes lying in ambush on both sides of the mountainside.

She nimbly dismounted, took the purple whip hanging on the horse's back, and her fingers twitched eagerly.

With so many people here, surely a few of them will get a turn!

Sheng Yifan and Leng Xuanling quickly arrived at Yue Li's side, protecting her on either side.

Yue Li glanced at the two people in the way and pushed them aside. "Move aside a bit, don't get in my way. Just take care of yourselves."

Sheng Yifan had witnessed the power of Yue Li's Purple Diamond Whip before, and upon hearing her words, he was both amused and exasperated.

Despite the fact that there were only about ten of them, while there were two or three hundred on the mountain, Sheng Yifan was not worried at all. He didn't even plan to make a move, wanting Lin Ming and the others to practice their skills. However, he didn't expect that Yue Li, who was usually too lazy to even walk, would suddenly have the idea of ​​making a move today.

He silently stepped aside, inwardly mourning for the bandits who had already seen them dismount and knew they had discovered their scheme.

Yue Li's Purple Diamond Whip could shatter a small mountain into pieces with a single lash without using any spiritual power. Now, if it were to strike a person, it would probably cut them in two with a single lash.

Listening to the bandits shouting and charging down the mountainside, Sheng Yifan couldn't help but remind them, "Ah Li, when you make your move later, just have a little fun."

Otherwise, the flying bits of flesh and blood would be too gruesome.

As Leng Xuanling used his longsword to deflect the occasional arrows, he listened to the two men's conversation. He could understand each word individually, but he couldn't comprehend the whole thing when they were put together.

Just then, the two or three hundred bandits dressed in short clothes that Yue Li had seen with her divine sense earlier blocked all their escape routes and stopped about ten meters away. One of them, a tall, burly man with his face covered by a black cloth, looked at the dozen or so richly dressed men in front of him, each leading a horse. Not only were the men all fair-skinned and delicate, but there was also a woman in the middle. He slapped his thigh and laughed loudly, "Brothers, we've really caught a bunch of fat sheep this time! Judging from their appearance, they must all be rich young masters. They're all fair-skinned and delicate, and they must taste delicious. Plus, there's a young lady with them. Let's do it! After we finish this job, we can all go back to the village to eat meat and drink wine, and have some fun."

"The leader is wise! The leader is mighty! Charge!" Two or three hundred people shouted, creating quite a stir on the mountain path.

When Yue Li first encountered bandits robbing her, she was wondering if they would say the classic line from a TV drama she had seen before: "This mountain is mine, this tree is mine, if you want to pass, leave your toll."

Before I could even hear what they were saying, I was instead stared at and sized up.

Yue Li looked at the person standing at the front of the crowd. Even though only their eyes were visible, the lewdness in those eyes was clear. Seeing those eyes staring straight at her, Yue Li felt so disgusted that she almost vomited. "Since you don't want your eyes anymore, then I'll help you."

While others didn't see it, Sheng Yifan and Leng Xuanling, who were standing nearby, only saw Yue Li gently wave her hand, and the leader was already lying on the ground, rolling around and wailing with his eyes covered.

"Ah... my eyes, my eyes, it hurts so much, it hurts so much..."

Within moments, blood began to seep from between the fingers covering his eyes.

The group of underlings who had started charging forward stopped in their tracks when they saw their boss suddenly lying on the ground and howling in pain. They all turned to look at their leader.

Sheng Yifan naturally saw the leader's look earlier, a look of disgust flashing in his eyes. He was about to make a move, but Yue Li beat him to it. However, seeing that the other bandits had fallen into disarray because of their leader's fall, he said to Lin Zhao, Lin Ming, and the others beside him, "Go ahead, it's your practice time."

Hearing Sheng Yifan's words, Leng Xuanling also came back to his senses from Yue Lilu's attack. He waved to Si Ming and the others. He had originally stood next to Yue Lilu to protect her safety, but Yue Lilu suddenly leaped to the most intense part of the battle.

Watching Yue Li wield that purple whip with such power and skill, and seeing that it wasn't just for show, he realized that each strike was effective, and no one who was hit by Yue Li's whip ever got up again.

Unconsciously, Leng Xuanling forgot where he was. His eyes were only on the woman wielding a long whip, dressed in red, with a bright and beautiful face yet a heroic and valiant air.

His heart pounded in his chest, and his gaze toward Yue Li was both burning with passion and tinged with uncertainty. But then, he felt a sudden tightening around his waist, and he found himself beside Yue Li.

Immediately afterwards, his arm was patted, and Yue Li's voice rang out, "What are you daydreaming about?"

Leng Xuanling then saw that where he had just been standing, a bandit wielding a large knife had fallen, and Yue Li, while dealing with the bandit, had used her long whip to pull him over.

A casual glance revealed that their current location had become a vacuum, with a group of bandits lying around them, mostly breathing, some even lifeless.

Seeing this, Leng Xuanling stopped paying attention to anything else and turned his burning gaze to Yue Li. He stretched out his arms and hugged Yue Li directly. His voice was not as gentle as usual, but more excited: "Since Yue Li saved me, then I will repay her with my body."

Before Yue Li could react, he suddenly kissed her on the cheek.

Sure enough, just as Yue Li was about to break free from his embrace, Sheng Yifan flashed to their side, pulled Leng Xuanling away from Yue Li, and stared at Leng Xuanling with his narrow eyes like sharp swords, gritting his teeth as he said, "Your Highness, please have some self-respect!"

Leng Xuanling didn't react at all when he was so roughly pulled away, because he was still savoring the soft and smooth touch on his skin just now. If he wasn't being watched, he would have wanted to stick out his tongue and lick the remaining warmth on his lips and swallow it. His peach blossom eyes lowered to hide the greed inside.

However, he still pursed his lips, wanting to linger on the tactile sensation for a longer period of time.

Yue Li looked at the cold glint in Sheng Yifan's eyes, then at Leng Xuanling, who had his eyes downcast, lips pursed, and looked like he was about to be beaten and scolded. She reached out and tugged at Sheng Yifan's sleeve.

Sheng Yifan felt the tugging on his sleeve. When he looked at Yue Li, the piercing coldness in his eyes was gone, replaced by a deep, dark, and aggressive look.