A Living Person from Clay

"Alright, your palace."

After a flurry of fancy clay-sculpting techniques, the fluorescence faded, and an identical three-inch palace appeared in Lian Yi's hands.

"Wow, even the color has turned crystal clear." Ma Feifei, who was hiding behind, looked at the newly built mud palace with a slight look of surprise on his face. The original muddy color had completely disappeared, and in its place was exactly the same as the Ice Crystal Palace that Ma Feifei had seen before. Every part of the building was crystal clear, as if it were a palace carved from ice.

"Thank you." Yun Qingyang accepted the Ice Crystal Palace, a rare smile appearing on his face. He even thanked Lian Yi, clearly very satisfied with the Ice Crystal Palace Lian Yi had created.

"You're welcome," Lian Yi replied with a smile.

Yun Qingyang nodded, took out a spatial bag and handed it to Lian Yi, then got up and left.

Lian Yi watched Yun Qingyang's departing figure, pondered for a while, and finally withdrew her gaze. Looking at the group of small clay figures on the stall, she waved her hand, about to put them into her spatial ring, ready to call it a day.

"Lian Yi." Ma Feifei, disguised as a middle-aged man, strolled leisurely to Lian Yi's shop, sat on a small stool for customers to browse and rest, and casually asked, looking at the large pile of clay figurines in front of him, "Excuse me, young lady, how much are these clay figurines?"

"Sorry, we're sold out." Lian Yi glanced at the disguised Ma Feifei, her face cold and her tone extremely indifferent, with a hint of doubt in her eyes.

"Uh..." Ma Feifei was a little surprised, then remembered that he had disguised himself when he came, and Lian Yi had not seen his true appearance.

"Ahem, well, Lian Yi, I'm the shop owner." After saying that, Ma Feifei glanced around, and seeing that no one was paying attention to him, he subtly shifted his body and reverted to his original appearance.

"Shop owner?" Lian Yi looked at Ma Feifei in confusion. When she saw Ma Feifei's face and body begin to deform and finally return to their original appearance, Lian Yi was also startled and subconsciously took half a step back.

However, being someone who frequently ventured out into the world, Lian Yi possessed a strong mental fortitude. She quickly regained her composure, a look of surprise on her face, and asked, "Shopkeeper! What brings you here?"

Ma Feifei waved his hand, indicating that this wasn't his focus. His mind was completely occupied with the clay figurines Lian Yi made; he had no interest in explaining those issues. Instead, Ma Feifei pointed to the clay figurines on the stall and said, "I just saw Qingyang and the others come here to have clay figurines made. Can you tell me what's so special about your clay figurines?"

When Lian Yi saw that Ma Feifei had come for the clay figurines, she chuckled and didn't rush to pack up her stall. She straightened her skirt, sat down again, and picked up a clay figurine that had already been sculpted.

This clay figure has delicate features and wears a light green robe. Its body structure is no different from that of an ordinary person. The only difference is that it is only three inches tall.

Hmm, it looks somewhat familiar.

"Shopkeeper, please take a look." Lian Yi smiled slightly and blew a breath towards the clay figure.

To Ma Feifei's surprise, the little clay figure blinked its eyes after Lian Yi blew on it, and then its hands, feet and body began to move, and it even bowed to Lian Yi.

"My God!" Ma Feifei stared in shock at the little clay figure in Lian Yi's palm. This ability to turn clay into a living person was truly unexpected. Although the Divine Abilities and Spells Ma Feifei had learned were very powerful, none of them could turn clay into a real person with just a breath, like the clay figure Lian Yi had sculpted.

"Don't be surprised, shopkeeper. These are just some small tricks." Seeing Ma Feifei's shocked expression, Lian Yi's lips unconsciously curled up slightly, clearly extremely pleased with herself.

"Will she become a living person from now on?" Ma Feifei didn't pay attention to these things, pointing to the little clay figure in Lian Yi's palm and asking curiously.

"That won't work. She can only stay in this state for about half an hour, and she can only transform into a living person three times a day. Each time, you only need to blow a breath on her, just like I did just now," Lian Yi explained.

Ma Feifei nodded, understanding Lian Yi's meaning. In fact, although the clay figure had a magical effect, it was essentially useless, more like a toy.

"Can she talk?" Ma Feifei asked again. Although this thing didn't seem to be of much use for cultivation, it was magical enough that even Ma Feifei was tempted to buy a few clay figures to play with.

"Of course, but the master needs to teach her. Not only that, she also has independent memories, and she can remember all the knowledge the Humanity Teaching her. However, these memories can only last for half an hour. Once she returns to her clay figure state, the memories will disappear, and everything will have to start all over again when she is transformed into a human next time."

After Lian Yi finished speaking, she placed the little clay figure at eye level with herself and whispered to it, "Your name is Lian Yi, do you understand?"

The tiny clay figure, barely the size of a palm, pondered for a moment before nodding and saying, "My name is Lian Yi, I understand."

Her voice was clear and melodious, like that of a nightingale, and coupled with her petite and exquisite body, Ma Feifei was amazed.

This is practically Minimize version of a human!

It gives off a Lilliputian vibe.

"Then what's the difference between the palace Qingyang had you sculpt and the clay figure?" Ma Feifei continued to ask. A palace isn't a clay figure, so it certainly can't speak or do anything like that. Moreover, it can't be made real either, since a palace will always look the same no matter how it's transformed.

"Isn't it interesting?" Lian Yi suddenly leaned over, blinked at Ma Feifei, and asked.

"Huh? That's quite interesting." Ma Feifei didn't know why Lian Yi suddenly asked Ox-Head seemingly unrelated question, but she still nodded in response instinctively.

"She can be even more interesting!" Lian Yi glanced at Ma Feifei with amusement, then tossed 'Lian Yi' from her palm. 'Lian Yi' flipped in the air and rapidly grew larger until she landed on the ground looking exactly like a normal person!

"Although mud buildings cannot come to life like mud figures, they can grow in size according to the owner's wishes, and this growth is permanent and will not shrink back," Lian Yi explained to Ma Feifei's previous question.

After listening, Ma Feifei roughly understood what he meant. Qingyang wanted Lian Yi to create a three-inch Ice Crystal Palace, which meant he wanted to recreate the original Ice Crystal Palace.

Why did Qingyang suddenly decide to build an Ice Crystal Palace?

Suddenly, a thought occurred to Ma Feifei: Could it be that Qingyang already knows that the divine artifact she lent him is completely gone?

While Ma Feifei was deep in thought, Lian Yi, wearing white embroidered shoes, stepped directly onto the floor and walked to Ma Feifei's side. Looking at Lian Yi to the side, she said, "Shopkeeper, don't you think she looks a lot like me?"

Upon hearing this, Ma Feifei looked up and carefully examined the appearance of 'Lian Yi'. He found that she did indeed look eight or nine parts similar to Lian Yi. If this clay figure 'Lian Yi' were to go to Ma Feifei would not be able to tell the difference between the real and the fake.

"It really does look very similar, enough to fool the eye. But how long can she maintain this state?" Ma Feifei asked curiously.

"Half an hour, of course." Lian Yi said, glancing at Ma Feifei with a teasing look, then leaning close to his ear and whispering, "Half an hour... that's enough. Shopkeeper, would you like to take 'Lian Yi' back and play with her for a bit?"

"Plop plop~~"

Ma Feifei's heart pounded at Lian Yi's words. He subconsciously glanced at Lian Yi, then at 'Lian Yi' again.

Suddenly, Ma Feifei's heart sank, and she instantly became serious. She asked, "Was that clay figure Zhang Caicai sculpted just now Liuli?"

Lian Yi was startled by Ma Feifei's sudden change and replied with a pitiful expression, "Yes..."

With a "whoosh," Ma Feifei instantly stood up and ran towards the outside of the Wantong Trading Market.

"Zhang Caicai, prepare to die!"