Li Xiu had seen all kinds of cities, but this was the first time he had seen a city like this.
The entire city is only slightly larger than a football field. The city gate tower is not even as tall as Li Xiu's calf, not to mention the buildings inside, most of which are much lower than the city gate tower.
This city is not too small if you say it is small. It is much bigger and more exquisite than the castles built by children. Most of the buildings are brick and wood structures, with beautiful carved beams and painted rafters.
To say that it is big is definitely not an exaggeration. One of Li Xiu's feet is almost as big as a house inside. This makes Li Xiu feel like he has come to Lilliput, or that he has become a giant.
There are thousands of houses in the city, but strangely, there is not a single person in sight, as if this is a sandbox city.
Li Xiu looked carefully at the city gate. There were two magic words engraved on it, which should mean the tiny city. However, this was just Li Xiu's translation based on the meaning. The actual name should be much more exquisite than Li Xiu's own translation.
"This is Micro City. It really lives up to its name." Ah Fei said as he looked at the mini city in front of him.
"It should be here. The gods and demons are in this micro city." Li Xiu said as he walked towards the gate of the micro city.
In front of the city gate is a square paved with stone slabs, with gardens on both sides of the square and a stone road in the middle leading directly to the city gate. There is also a stone bridge in the middle of the stone road, and under the bridge is a green moat.
After Li Xiu and A Fei stepped onto the stone road, the further they walked, the bigger the buildings on both sides seemed to become. By the time they reached the stone bridge, everything around them became its normal size.
When the two stepped onto the stone bridge and walked to the highest point of the arch bridge, they suddenly discovered that the tiny city, which seemed to have no one in it before, suddenly had many people appear out of nowhere, and the city gate was bustling with people coming and going.
Although Li Xiu had already known about the magic of the micro city from the information, he still couldn't help but sigh: "This micro city is really a creation of heaven and earth. It is so ingenious that I can't even tell whether we have become smaller or the micro city has become bigger."
"I think it's because we have become smaller." said Ah Fei.
"Maybe. After entering the city, you should do as I say. Those tiny people generally won't attack us humans. Be careful not to violate their taboos." Li Xiu warned.
Those people in the micro city seem to be no different from humans, but in fact they are not humans, but a kind of evil spirits.
The levels of these micro-people are generally not high, but according to the information, there are two god-level micro-people in the micro-city, namely the king and queen of the micro-city.
However, Li Xiu did not come here to kill their king and queen. Li Xiu's target was actually not within Weicheng, but below Weicheng.
There is a god-level demon spirit suppressed under the micro city. That is the demon spirit that Li Xiu came to kill this time.
As for the micro-people, although they are also demons, they look no different from humans. In addition, as long as their taboos are not violated, they will not want to kill humans. If they can coexist peacefully, Li Xiu does not want to be their enemy.
Of course, another reason is that the two kings of the micro-people, according to the president's information evaluation, are very powerful gods, and there is no record of their own abilities.
The two people walked into the micro city. The micro city was decorated with lights and it was very lively, as if some festival was being celebrated.
Red lanterns were hung on the doors of shops on both sides of the street, and there were small vendors hawking their wares everywhere. Almost everyone had a happy look on their face.
Li Xiu and A Fei followed the crowd forward, neither of them saying a word along the way.
It’s not that they don’t want to talk, but as soon as they open their mouths and are heard by Wei Ren, their identities will be exposed. Keeping silent is the best way to avoid trouble.
Fortunately, when you look at the micro city from the outside, it feels very small and doesn't look like a city at all. But when you look at it from the inside, the city is unimaginably large, comparable to top metropolises. There are also a lot of micro people, and they don't all know each other, so no one will pay special attention to two strangers.
The journey was relatively smooth. The two of them walked and looked around, and after a while, they arrived at the central area of the city.
It is more lively here than before. There are many micro-human children setting off firecrackers and fireworks. This place is simply no different from a human city.
Two people were walking on the street when suddenly a man came towards them and stood in front of Ah Fei. He talked and gestured a lot and seemed very excited.
Ah Fei didn't know what he said, but even if she could understand, she would definitely not answer. She just raised her hand, pointed to her mouth, then pointed to her ears, and then shook her hand, meaning to tell this person that she was a deaf-mute.
Originally, I thought that after making such a gesture, the man would leave, but who would have thought that after he knew that the bandit was a deaf-mute, he did not retreat, but continued to gesture at the bandit.
Ah Fei was confused. She was not really deaf-mute and had never learned sign language. She could not understand what the man meant. She just turned to look at Li Xiu.
Li Xiu was also confused. It was true that he had learned Magic Script, but the characters used by the micro people were Magic Script, but the words they spoke were not Magic Language. They should have borrowed the characters from the Demon Country, but pronounced their own language.
So Li Xiu couldn't understand anything at all and could only pretend to be deaf and dumb. He gestured to the man to indicate that he couldn't hear or speak.
The man was very persistent. Seeing that Li Xiu and A Fei couldn't understand his sign language, he made a gesture to them to wait and then quickly ran into a shop nearby.
Li Xiu and A Fei wanted to take this opportunity to leave quickly, but the man's movements were too fast. They had only taken a few steps when he ran back and stopped them again, holding a paper and a pen in his hand.
Ah Fei knew what he wanted to do, but she could only look to Li Xiu for help. She had never studied magic runes systematically and could only understand a few common symbols at most.
Li Xiu gave her a reassuring look, as if to say that he would take care of everything.
The man was quite skillful and wrote a line of words in just a few strokes. Then he took the paper with the words and handed it to the bandit.
Li Xiu couldn't understand their language, but he recognized the magic words. Maybe their usage was slightly different from that of the magic people, but the general meaning was not much different. Li Xiu was able to judge what this micro-man meant by combining the previous and subsequent content.
Ah Fei could only look at Li Xiu, but Li Xiu's expression was a little strange at this moment.
Li Xiu hesitated for a moment, reached out to take the paper and pen from the man, and then wrote a few magic words on it.
He imitated the writing style and habits of that micro-man, and his writing was quite similar. In fact, if Li Xiu had not deliberately used some simple changes, his writing could have been exactly the same as that man's.
Weiren looked at the magic text written by Li Xiu, his face full of surprise. He looked at Li Xiu, then at Ah Fei, who seemed to be unconvinced, so he took the paper and pen and wrote a few more sentences.
Ah Fei could only watch the two people communicating through text but could not do anything. This feeling was quite unpleasant and made Ah Fei feel like a mentally retarded illiterate.
Of course, this was not what Ah Fei cared about. What she cared about was that every time Li Xiu finished writing, the look in that micro-man's eyes when he looked at her became more and more strange. That look was very strange. It was no longer suspicion, but a strange expression that Ah Fei had never experienced or seen before.
She really wanted to know what Li Xiu wrote, but unfortunately, even though the magic words were right in front of her, she couldn't understand them no matter how hard she tried.
Li Xiu and the Weiren exchanged a lot of words with each other. Finally, the Weiren seemed to suddenly realize something. He bowed to the Fei and talked for a while. Finally, he scratched his hair, looked at the Fei, sighed, and turned away.
The man looked back every few steps, as if he was reluctant to leave. This made the bandit even more confused, not knowing what was going on.
She was extremely curious, but she couldn't say anything and could only continue walking forward with Li Xiu.
After passing through the central area of the city, Li Xiu led A Fei into a small alley.
It's strange to say, this place is not far from the central area, and other nearby streets are quite busy and prosperous, but this alley is shabby, small, and deserted. There is not a single ghost to be seen from the entrance to the end of the alley.
"This is it. The gods and demons we are looking for are suppressed under the big house in front. We can go in from there." Li Xiu said as he walked, trying to keep his voice as low as possible.
Although there should be no one here, it's still better to be careful.
"What did you talk to that man just now?" The bandit was obviously still thinking about what happened before.
"He said that you are very beautiful and have a good temperament, and he wants to invite you to be an idol star." Li Xiu said.
"Invite a deaf-mute person to be an idol star?" Ah Fei thought Li Xiu was talking nonsense, and looked at Li Xiu with eyes full of distrust.
"Yeah, that's what I told him. How can a deaf-mute person be an idol star? Guess what he said?" Li Xiu said as he pushed the door of the house, but it was locked from the inside and could not be opened.
"You're not going to say that I can make a living by relying on my looks. I just need to stand there and do nothing and I can get paid, right?" Ah Fei said with a sneer.
"You are really smart. What he said is almost the same as what you said. How could I believe such nonsense? Of course I helped you to refuse it, but he was really sincere. He just felt that you were capable. You see, when he left, he kept looking back. He looked reluctant to leave. I guess he really liked you." Li Xiu said.
Ah Fei frowned and looked at Li Xiu. There was indeed nothing wrong with what Li Xiu said, but for some reason, she always felt that something was wrong. Li Xiu must not have told the truth, at least not the complete truth. He must have been hiding something from her.
However, Ah Fei had no evidence, and at this point in time, she didn't say much.
A faint light flashed on Li Xiu's fingers, and he cut in through the crack in the door. Then he reached out and pushed, and the locked door opened immediately.
The yard was in a mess, with thick dust. The stone tables and benches were tilted to one side and the several dead trees were covered with dust. It seemed that no one had been to this yard for at least several decades.
After the two of them entered, Li Xiu quietly closed the door and then walked towards the main room.
The door to the main room was also closed. Li Xiu listened and heard no movement from inside, so he pushed it with his hand.
He originally thought that the door might be locked, but he just pushed it lightly and the door opened.
The two of them couldn't help but look inside the door, and when they saw it, their expressions froze slightly.
There was actually a person in the main room, bending over to light a lamp. At this time, that person also saw Li Xiu and A Fei, and his expression was similar to theirs, also full of astonishment. He even forgot to light the lamp oil with the lit match in his hand.
The key point is that Li Xiu and A Fei knew this person. He was the one who stopped them on the street before.
This was a bit awkward. A Fei and Li Xiu looked at each other and wanted to silence them.
"Stop right there." The man suddenly shouted, shocking A Fei and Li Xiu who were about to take action.
He said this sentence in human language. Not only Li Xiu understood it, but A Fei also understood it.
"So you are one of us. I pretended to be deaf and dumb before, but I was really fooled by you." The man cried out and shook his hands desperately. It turned out that his hand was burned by the match.
"You two are really brave. You don't understand the Wei language, but you still run to Wei City. If you are exposed, you will be dead and no one can save you." The man said as he struck another match and lit the oil lamp on the table.
Li Xiu and A Fei looked at the man and for a moment they couldn't tell whether he was a micro-person, a demon country person or an Earth human, so they didn't say anything.
The man seemed to be very talkative. He curled his lips and said, "Why are you two still pretending? No one will come here. As long as you don't make too much noise, you will be safe."
As he spoke, the man picked up the oil lamp and shone it towards the wall of the room. "You are here for the miniature as well, right? Since we all have the same goal, let's look for it together. However, this matter has to be based on first come first served. I have been undercover in Micro City for so many years, and I finally found the whereabouts of the miniature. I took advantage of the Twilight Festival to come here to look for the picture, so the original picture must belong to me. But you must have suffered a lot to find this place, and you took a big risk by pretending to be deaf and dumb. I can let you make a copy and take it away. Anyway, the important thing about a miniature is the content. As long as the content is correct, it doesn't matter whether it is the original picture or not. If I don't have to go back to report, it doesn't matter to me whether it is the original picture or not."
"Who are you going to report to?" Li Xiu asked.
He knew that this man talked so much to them not because he was really a chatterbox, but because he was afraid that Li Xiu and Ah Fei would start a quarrel and alarm the people outside.
"You don't need to know this. Just tell me whether you and your husband accept my proposal or not," the man said.
Li Xiu knew something was wrong when he heard it, but he suppressed the urge to turn around and look at the bandit and pretended nothing had happened.
Even though he didn't turn around to look, Li Xiu could feel Ah Fei's eyes on him.
"Okay, we can accept your suggestion, but let me make it clear first, after we find the miniature, we must look at it together." Li Xiu had no idea what a miniature was, but he was afraid that if the man continued talking, it would be really difficult to end the matter.
"Great, deal." The man extended his hand to Li Xiu and said with a smile, "Let me introduce myself. My name is Yang Tianxiao. You can call me Old Yang or Brother Yang. Judging from your ages, you should be younger than me."
Li Xiu was not afraid to give his name, but he was afraid that Yang Tianxiao would continue talking, so he pretended to be cold and arrogant and said, "Don't talk so much nonsense. It's more important to find the thumbnail. Do you know where the thumbnail is?"
"I only found out that the miniature is in this house. We have to look for its exact location together. And we have to be quick. If we can't find it before the end of the Twilight Festival, we must leave immediately. Otherwise, even if we find the miniature, we won't be able to get out of here." Yang Tian said with a smile.
"Why can't we go out?" Li Xiu asked with a frown.
"Don't you know that the Micro City's Twilight Defense System will only be temporarily stopped during the Twilight Festival? Then how did you know to come here at this time?" Yang Tianxiao looked surprised.
Li Xiu really didn't know that such a thing had happened. He only knew that the information said that one could only come in during this period of time, so he came to Weicheng first, intending to take this opportunity to kill the suppressed mythical demon spirit, and then go to other trial sites.
"It doesn't matter if you don't know. Since we're all here now, we can split up and look for it separately to save some time. We hope to find the miniature before the end of the Twilight Festival, and then it will benefit everyone." Yang Tianxiao pointed outside and said, "This house happens to have three courtyards. Let's find a courtyard each. Once we find it, we will contact the others immediately. We must not keep it to ourselves."
"Okay, we'll search this yard and you go to the other yards," said Li Xiu.
This is the main courtyard of the house. If there is something here, it is most likely to be here. The suppressed evil spirit is also here, so we need to enter from here.
"Okay, I'll go to other courtyards. I, Yang Tianxiao, am a trustworthy person. If I say we will share, then we must share. You can't break your promise." Yang Tianxiao said as he walked out the door and headed towards the courtyard on the left.
"I'll keep watch for you, and you should deal with that evil spirit as soon as possible." Ah Fei said and walked out.
Li Xiu nodded and turned to go into the inner room.
Yang Tianxiao had just entered the door when he suddenly heard a voice behind him. He turned around and saw that it was Ah Fei. He smiled bitterly and said, "You two are really suspicious. If you think the miniature is in this yard, then I will find another yard, okay?"
"What did you and him write on the street just now?" The bandit stopped Yang Tianxiao who wanted to go to another yard and asked.
"Don't get me wrong. I'm pretending to be a Weiren. I have to follow the rules of Weiren. Weiguang Festival is a festival for Weiren to choose mates and reproduce. I see that you are beautiful and you definitely don't like me. Only if you reject me can I disappear for a while without arousing suspicion. Who knew that by such a coincidence, I chose you. I really didn't know that you were married and had three daughters and two sons, let alone that you..."
Having said that, Yang Tianxiao did not continue speaking, but looked at A Fei's face.
"What can I return?" asked Ah Fei expressionlessly.