After the two sisters finished their explanations gleefully, they noticed that Li Mu stayed silent as if he had lost interest. Judging from his expressions, he might have changed his mind and not agreed to a bone replacement.

“Brother Mu, are you scared?” Shen Zixing asked.

“You’re asking the obvious! How can I not be intimidated by how frightening you’re describing it to be?” Nervous, Li Mu told the truth.

Since he had already shown how timid he was, Li Mu decided to go all out and admit his cowardice.

“I’m afraid I can’t do this. It’s too scary. I’m almost scared to death just by listening to it. I can’t do this. I’ll just replace my fingers!”

“It’s okay, Brother Mu. We’ve got your back. We’ll make sure you get through it.”

“Bullsh*t! I’m worried I’ll not be alive anymore! Stop. I’ve decided that I can’t and won’t do it!”

The sisters looked at each other and saw helplessness in each other’s eyes as Shen Zixing reluctantly advised, “Brother Mu, it really doesn’t hurt. Do you not trust us?”

“Not at all?”

“Just a little!”

“How painful is a little?”

“It just hurts a little. It won’t hurt you to death!”

“Yes. My sister and I will accompany you day and night. So there will definitely be no slip-ups.” Shen Ming’er helped to convince him at the side.

While driving, Li Mu asked, “Let me ask you. Have you ever done a bone replacement for others before?”

“Giving someone else a bone replacement? How could we? We don’t even know how to…” Shen Ming’er covered her mouth immediately.

Braking sharply, Li Mu brought the car to a halt and turned his head to look at her with a horrified expression.

“You don’t know how to do bone replacements, or are you not willing to do bone replacements for others? Tell me now!”

Shen Zixing punched her sister hard and hurriedly explained, “Of course it’s the latter! The bones of the Corpse of Death are extremely rare. Who would be willing to use it for bone replacements that easily? Besides, they’re not our friends anyway. So why would we change bones for outsiders?”

“What about the people from your clan? Have you not done it on them before?”

“No. My people don’t need a bone replacement!”

“So, in that case, I’m the first one!”

“Yes!” Shen Ming’er said with a cheeky smile, “You are the first and the only one! The cultivator’s rules state that after we do a bone replacement for you, we can’t do it to a second person for the rest of our lives. How does that sound? Are the two of us nice to you?”

“Nice? My ass! You’re just going to use me as a practice! Forget it. I don’t have the guts to accept such a great deal from you!”

Shen Zixing said aggrievedly, “Brother Mu, you just don’t trust us!”

“It’s not a matter of trust. It’s just too risky! I think it’s not worth it to take such a huge risk just to make myself stronger!”

“Brother Mu, let me ask you then. You have offended the Shen Family, the Lin Family, and now the Cheng Family. Have you thought about the consequences if they find you?”

“Consequences?” Li Mu froze. He couldn’t guess what the consequences would be. But it definitely wouldn’t be a happy ending.

It probably wouldn’t be too bad for both the Shen Family and the Lin Family, as Shen Xingyue and the sisters would be able to protect him from the former. So his life would not be in danger. But he would lose all forms of freedom and might even be forced to marry a demon girl.

Li Mu couldn’t help but shudder at the thought of his wife’s body flowing with the life force of another person.

He couldn’t accept something like this for the time being. Hence he would never go back to the Shen Family. If he didn’t want to be caught by the Shen Family, then he had to become stronger.

The Lin Family wouldn’t want him dead either. But he was tired of that kind of life. He wanted to enjoy the warmth and affection of a family, not being controlled like a puppet by his wife and being abused by her. This was also a form of murder to him.

So he couldn’t go back to the Lin Family either. At the very least, he wouldn’t consider going back until Lin Wan became normal again, and if he didn’t want to be at the mercy of the Lin family, he needed to become stronger too.

Not to mention the Cheng Family. He had already formed a deadly feud with them because of the Corpse of Death. Even they sent the bones back, it would be difficult to write off this feud.

If he was caught by the Cheng Family, the way the Cheng Family would settle the score with him would definitely not be much gentler than a bone replacement. It would be a death sentence for sure. Hence, if he didn’t want that to happen, he still needed to become stronger.

After thinking about it, Li Mu decided to wing it. Worse came to worse, he would just die and be done with it. Instead of restarting his lifestyle, he would restart his life instead.

“Okay. Let’s do it!”

The car was filled with cheers once again as the two sisters cheered on happily while waving their hands. After being excited for some time, they started to talk about the specific details. And the more Li Mu listened to it, the more frightened he was. Hence he simply chose not to listen and focused on driving instead. He would just let them do whatever they wanted to!

Upon returning to their accommodation, the two sisters immediately sprang into action by preparing the required items such as a steel bed, a large washbasin, a kitchen knife, a hacksaw, white wine, a fly swatter, and various unknown herbs. Li Mu looked at everything with a forced grin and started reconsidering his decisions.

When everything was ready, the two sisters soaked the bones in herbal medicine and sprinkled a lot of unknown powders into the water. They then proceeded to pour in some oddly shaped worms, which turned Li Mu’s stomach when he looked at them. He finally decided to not look at what they were doing.

The bones were soaked for seven days and when they were taken out again, they turned out to be crystal clear, as if they were a sculpted piece of crystal.

The next step was to give Li Mu a bath. The two ladies squirmed and were too embarrassed to do it. Hence Li Mu smiled and said, “You don’t need to help me with it. I know how to take a bath. I can do it myself. The two of you can wait for me outside!”

Shen Zixing explained in a whisper, “No. We have to massage you to loosen up your muscles. If we don’t do this step properly, it will be hard to cut you up later!”

“Can’t you use a better word?” Li Mu said unhappily, “I’m not an animal. What do you mean it’ll be hard to cut me up?”

“Well…” Shen Zixing didn’t know the right words to use.

“It’ll be troublesome during the operation!” Li Mu corrected.

“Yes. Brother Mu, you’re so clever! It’ll be troublesome during the operation. It’ll be hard to cut you up!”

Whatever, Li Mu did not bother to correct her anymore. He looked at the medicinal bath and looked at the two ladies, which made him feel embarrassed too.

Seeing that the medicinal bath was getting cold, Shen Ming’er exclaimed, “Sister, let’s do it! We won’t be ashamed if we think of Brother Mu as a pig or a dog!”

Without waiting for Li Mu to curse at them, the two sisters sprang into action by stripping him naked and throwing him into the medicinal bath. They then began massaging his body with their eyes closed.

Li Mu didn’t know if it was the medicinal bath or their techniques, but he could feel his body getting softer and softer. And his skin even became translucent.

The sisters kept their eyes closed the whole time. Everything was done blindly.

Li Mu held back for some time. But finally he couldn’t help but say, “Hey, forget about the bath. I won’t stop you two from closing your eyes if you want to. But please make sure to open your eyes during the surgery! Don’t make a mistake!”

Shen Zixing replied in a small voice, “Brother Mu, with this kind of relationship, when we grow up, we can only marry you. Seems like what Master said was right. You belong to us.”

Shen Ming’er echoed in a small voice aside, “Yes. Brother Mu, you’re not allowed to say no. We will definitely not be able to get married in the future. So you must marry us.”

“Nonsense!” Li Mu immediately snapped back.

These two little girls were full of polluted and old-fashioned ideas and were completely out of step with the current society. As their elder brother, Li Mu decided that he had the obligation to enlighten them.

“The two of you guys have watched TV a lot these days, don’t you? So let me ask you, are there any female doctors in our current society?”

“Yes!” The two sisters answered together.

“Good. It’s good that you admit so. Let me ask you again. Do female doctors operate on patients?”

“Of course they do!”

“So do a lot of patients take off their clothes before they have surgery?”

Shen Zixing stayed silent as Shen Ming’er replied, “It was said on the TV. It is necessary for the patients to take off their clothes before they have surgery!”

“Okay. One last question. Are there any men among the patients?”

The sisters were silent, while Li Mu smiled and said, “According to your logic, every time a female doctor operates on a male patient, she’ll have to marry them, right? Does it make sense?”

When he said this, he patted his chest and said to them, “You are now doctors and I am your patient. We are going to have a bone replacement operation. After the operation, I will still be your big brother and you will still be my sister. Do you all understand?”

The two little girls thought it over for a while. And Shen Ming’er nodded and said, “Sister, I think Brother Mu has a point. We’re doctors and he’s a patient. We really don’t need to marry him!”

“That’s the way!” Li Mu complimented from the bottom of his heart.

“You have been cultivating in the mountains before hence you’re out of touch with society. I’ll take the two of you out to see the world after the bone replacement. By then, you’d better make friends with some reliable peers and hang out with them more often. After a long time, you’d even forget me!”

“Brother Mu, you’re the one who’s saying nonsense!” Shen Zixing muttered in a small voice but stopped dwelling on the issue.

Li Mu acted as if he didn’t hear it and closed his eyes to sleep.

But Shen Ming’er was very naughty. At first, she was very disciplined. But she got bold and thought to herself that her sister was right and that Li Mu was just talking nonsense. Sooner or later he’d have to marry her. Hence she could touch him however she wanted.

Her small hands started to touch around naughtily. With all the pinching, scratching, and fumbling, Li Mu started to make weird expressions too.

After a while, Shen Ming’er suddenly exclaimed and said to her sister, “Sister, there’s something wrong with Brother Mu!”

Shen Zixing was taken aback by her and hurriedly asked, “What’s wrong? Isn’t everything perfectly fine?”

Li Mu also opened his eyes and looked nervously at Shen Ming’er.

The latter frowned and said, “Something is definitely not right. We’ve been massaging him all day long, yet his breathing is normal, and his heartbeat rate hasn’t changed much. He’s surprisingly unresponsive.”

“Who said I’m being unresponsive?” Li Mu rolled his eyes at her, “You pinched me, and I know it hurts. You tickled me and I flinch. How else do you want me to react?”

He didn’t understand Shen Ming’er at all, but Shen Zixing did. She hurriedly said to her sister, “Carry him to the iron bed. I’ll check it out.”

There was no need to go into detail about the inspection. After all Li Mu couldn’t stop blushing profusely. And the two ladies looked furious as if they had found the cause.