“So!” Shen Zixing was speechless. Since they were both young and lack of life experiences, they were not sure about what to do in this complicated case.

The Shen sisters were kind-hearted. They both agreed that life prolongation by stealing someone else’s life was not right. But they were too young to speak up in front of the elderly. After Li Mu’s word, they became more frustrated now.

“I knew that both of you have the ability to hunt me down and bring me back to your village, as long as you want to. I won’t able to do anything about it. Even though I’m a big guy from the outside, I’m just like a tiny chick in front of you girls.”

“Brother Mu!”

“Calm down. Listen up. To be honest, I, Li Mu, am very consistent with my decision. I’d rather die than do something I hate, such as accepting a woman who uses sorcery to prolong her life. I can’t take this. At least for now, I can’t. If you girls force me to do so, I’d die and that’ll be the only way out!”

“If that’s the case, where do you want to go now?” Shen Zixing asked.

“I’m currently avoiding some trouble. Not sure where I am heading. Probably just wander around. I swear I’m talking about the truth. No lying!”

“Brother Mu, can you take us in with you?”

“Stop kidding. I wander because I have to run away from something. Nothing happens to you both. Why do you want to wander with me? Jokes aside. Go home now, you kiddos!”

Shen Zixing explained, “No. My Master said that you are our man. And we have to keep following you. We can’t let down our guard. We have to follow you no matter where you go!”

“Yup! Master did say that.” Shen Ming’er chimed in.

“Gosh. You girls are probably dumb. You can’t even understand human language!”

“How are we not understanding human language?” Shen Zixing replied unhappily.

“The actual meaning of your master is for you girls to watch over me and stop me from running away. What the hell is your man? I’m your eggplant!”

“How do you become our eggplant?”

“Gosh. It’s so hard to communicate with you girls. Okay, to be frank, I’m a prisoner. Your master was afraid that I would run away. Is that clear now?

“And you did!” Shen Zixing pouted while saying this.

“Nonsense. I’ll have to marry a witch if I don’t run. Leave now girls. Daddy is going to sleep now. Right, leave some food for me!”

“You are not our dad!”

“I’m your grandson then. Just leave!”

The Shen sisters stared at each other, not moving an inch. Shen Ming’er winked to her sister and the latter nodded.

“Brother Mu!” Shen Zixing called him sweetly.

“What?” Li Mu answered impatiently.

“You’re too weak to wander alone. Our master asked us to follow you and we have to. We can also protect you at the same time.”

Li Mu was tempted by the offer. He was not physically attracted by the girls but came to think that they were innocent and straightforward. They had no bad intentions and had some abilities. It would be ideal if he had them as bodyguards to protect himself from the Lin Family.

He cleared his throat and said, “If you want to follow me, I can consider it. But I only take in people who have abilities. Show me what you girls get. How did you fight?

“Brother Mu!” Shen Ming’er spoke first, “My sister and I are fighters and we both know some sorcery. You can do whatever you want under our protection.”

“Stop kidding. I don’t really want to torture myself by doing anything much. It’s good that you both have the ability to fight. I can take both of you in. But how about your people? Are they going to agree with it? I don’t want to be a kidnapper instead!”

Shen Zixing laughed while speaking, “Brother Mu, my sister and I are only one year difference. I’m 16 and she’s 15. We’re not children anymore. Furthermore, you are our man. It shouldn’t be a problem if we follow you.”

Li Mu coughed exaggeratedly. He sat up and waved his hand hard.

“16 and 15. It’s considered as large-size children. Besides, stop saying stuff like that. Stop listening to your Master’s bullshit. She’s fooling around with you girls. You have to recognize me as a big brother if you really want to follow me. Or else I won’t even think about it.”

The Shen sister discussed slowly. After a while, they both replied, “Sure. We agree to that!”

“Okay. Now that’s a deal. From now on I’ll be the big brother of you both. Zixing is my second younger sister and Ming’er is my little sister. If you ever dare to talk nonsense in front of me again, I’ll expel both of you immediately!”

“Deal! We’re all yours!” Shen Zixing promised happily. Shen Ming’er nodded repeatedly as well.

After taking in two little bodyguards, Li Mu was in a really good mood. When he was about to give some speech, the door was opened unexpectedly. Two railroad workers jumped on the coach and questioned loudly, “Who are you guys? How did you guys get in here?”

Before Li Mu got to explain, he felt dizzy for a second. In the meantime, Shen Zixing was already standing in front of the two, reaching out her right forefinger and swinging left to right.

“You did not see anything. Everything is normal here. Leave now!”

Those two railroad workers stopped talking, turned around obediently, got down from the coach and closed up the door.

“That’s the Magic of Hypnotizing, right?” Li Mu laughed while speaking.

“Brother Mu, don’t you feel strange?” Shen Ming’er asked him with her head tilted.

“What’s strange about it?” Li Mu asked her in return.

“There are two alive humans right there. Why would they listen to my sister? Don’t you feel strange about it?”

“Little sister, have you heard this before? ‘Unbearable would have been bearable when you see too much’.”

“You have seen it before?”

“Not only seen. I even experienced it a few times. It was passive and uncontrollable. I was like an innocent white bunny. Do you know how that feels?”

“How was it?” Shen Ming’er asked.

“To be at the mercy of somebody. Do you know what that means? It is like I’m the fish on the chopping board and that person is the knife. No matter how the person bullies me, I couldn’t do anything about it.”

“Hah. Pity you, Brother Mu. Actually, this spell is not a big deal. It is easy to break the spell!”

Li Mu came into the mood. He grabbed Shen Ming’er’s arm and asked, “Are you able to break the spell?”

“Yup. That’s easy. Cultivators usually cultivate worms in their own bodies. So when they are being hypnotized, the worms will release venom to cause severe pain in their body for them to stay conscious.”

Li Mu was enlightened. Now he knew that they kept themselves conscious by severe pain to stimulate their nerves in order to prevent being controlled by outsiders. This was a good idea. But he wondered how painful it was.

Li Mu spoke out his doubt and Shen Ming’er explained to him in detail, with her sister standing aside, added on the missing information. Now he completely got the idea of the Magic of Hypnotizing of South Seas.

the Magic of Hypnotizing of South Seas, also known as nerve controlling spell. It sounded easy but was hard to train. Trainers must have very strong mental strength, or else it would backlash.

Because of the limitation on congenital conditions, the spell was not for everyone. Only the best of the best among cultivators could handle it.

When there was a spell, there would be a way to break it. For this spell, it had two ways to break. First, your mental strength had to be strong enough that no one could ride on you.

But this way was not secure because we never knew when would we meet someone who had stronger mental strength than ours no matter how strong we were.

Therefore, the second way was born, which was to cultivate worms in their own body. It was transformed from one of the poisonous magic. It sounded strange but it was the standard physiotherapy process, keeping one’s conscious by causing the sense of pain, to prevent themselves from being controlled by somebody.

The level of painfulness depended on the rival’s power level. If the rival was weak, it might not be so painful. But if it was the opposite, then it would be extremely painful for the person who received the spell.

Usually, if your body condition was not too bad, it would not be painful till death. Unless you met the elders who had been hiding for a long time.

In the Shen sister’s opinion, it was more possible for Li Mu to be painful to death if he ever encountered that situation, no matter who the rival would be.

“Brother Mu, I can cultivate a small worm in you. So it will not be too painful for you. But it is not much of a use. It can only spare some time for you to run away.”

Li Mu accepted the offer humbly. He did not want to die from suffering pain. It was scary even thinking about it. He was lack of exercising and practicing so he chose to be obedient.

“Sure. We’re not in rush. You girls can cultivate a worm for me when we settle down.”

Shen Zixing asked, “Brother Mu, who used the spell on you before?”

“Hehe, a close friend. You have to swing your finger. But in her case, once she snaps her fingers, I’ll go unconscious immediately.”

“It’s the Lin Family. You encountered them?” Shen Zixing asked the question in shock.

“You know the Lin Family too?”

“Of course. We used to be in alliance with them. Our ancestors were close. But we lost connection due to avoiding disasters. I didn’t expect that Brother Mu had encountered them too.”

“Hmph. Not only encountering them actually. The person I’m trying to avoid is from the Lin Family., If you are inconvenient to get in touch with them, I guess you girls have to leave now.”

The Shen sisters giggled. Shen Zixing said contemptuously, “Our ancestors were close with the Lin Family. But we don’t know who they are. If they are being impolite to our big brother, we will get rid of them for you.”

Li Mu explained, “No. Do not break the peace for me. My relation with the Lin Family is complicated. It cannot be settled with fights.”

“Brother Mu, what’s between you and the Lin Family?” Shen Zixing got confused.

“Ugh. In short, Miss Lin is my wife!”

“Ah!”

“But we were divorced!”

“Oh!”

“Can you stop freaking out?”

Shen Zixing asked curiously, “Brother Mu, since you are divorced, why are you still hiding from her?”

“Torturing me is her only entertainment recently!”

“Is she a bad woman?”

“She’s definitely not a good one!”

“Do you still like her then?”

“Yeah!”