157: Chapter 157 Can only one spell be created at a time?

Lin Fan's tone was icy, scaring this Fenglie so much she almost burst into tears again.

“I—I don't know if I'll revert to my original form if I die. Probably not, because the transformation requires my voluntary consent to be completed!”

The Fenglie screamed in terror; the masked human before her was simply too terrifying.

“Hmm, then it seems I can't kill you, or I'd suffer a huge loss. Now, how should I convince her?”

Lin Fan thought to himself, his gaze still fixed on the Fenglie.

The mask concealed his expression.

The Fenglie felt extremely uncomfortable as he stared at her in silence; could it be that he was dissatisfied with her answer?

“Um... Human, no, I mean, Great Mage.”

“Please forgive me for attacking you earlier and for my insolence.”

“I'm not a bad bird. I just ran away from home and was in a bad mood, so I was throwing a tantrum.”

“Please let me go! I promise I'll never bother you or any other humans again!”

The young girl transformed from the Fenglie pleaded with Lin Fan.

“By stirring up such abnormal weather, you've already caused enough trouble. I can't just let you go like this.”

Lin Fan replied, thinking to himself:

Killing you and taking your core is the only compensation I can accept.

“Regarding the weather, I can stop it right now.”

“I really didn't mean to make things difficult for everyone. I just wanted to scare the humans in the nearby cities so they wouldn't bother me.”

“That's why I specifically ran to this continent where there are no powerful experts. I didn't expect to run into you here.”

The Fenglie hurriedly explained.

As her voice fell, the wind that was still blowing weakly stopped instantly, and everything returned to normal.

Lin Fan remained silent.

The Fenglie's words were reasonable, but she had ultimately miscalculated.

Even if it weren't for him, that Fifth-Order Mage, Jiang Tianhai, and Wei Donglin were already searching for her.

With her previous attitude, if they had reached her first, her fate would have been easy to imagine.

“You said you ran away from home? That means your tribe has others of your kind. Tell me everything.”

Lin Fan suddenly spoke.

The Fenglie didn't dare delay and immediately began talking.

After listening for a few minutes.

Lin Fan gained a new understanding of this world he had transmigrated into.

Beyond this continent lay vast oceans, boundless forests, and countless Forbidden Grounds.

Powerful Demonic Beasts ran rampant in those places, and there were even Calamity-level Demonic Beasts!

The Fenglie came from a forest outside the continent, where she lived with her fellow Demonic Beasts.

In their forest, there were several Calamity-level and god-domain level Demonic Beasts.

Because high-order individuals were rare.

The Clan Elder intended to betroth her to another exceptionally talented male of her kind.

But she didn't want to get married yet.

So, to escape the marriage, she ran away from home.

She flew at full speed for several months before arriving here, specifically avoiding regions with powerful humans.

Lin Fan was shocked by how distant the Fenglie's homeland was.

One must realize.

Her speed was even faster than Lin Fan's, who was already a Saint-Order Mage.

Lin Fan could only catch up by stacking System skills and Space Spells.

After hearing the Fenglie's experience, a new thought popped into Lin Fan's head.

He decided not to kill her.

Since there were other Fenglie, and even stronger individuals existed.

Wouldn't it be better to have this one lead the way? The harvest then would be even greater, wouldn't it?

However, that was a plan for the future.

He didn't have time for such a long journey right now.

The urgent matter was to find a way to keep this Fenglie by his side and prevent her from causing trouble.

Besides, using her as a flying mount wouldn't be bad either.

He could ride her using his identity as Chen Ping.

While acting as Lin Fan, he could have her secretly protect his family.

Thinking of this, Lin Fan nodded.

This plan was practically perfect.

She would be Chen Ping's secret mount and a hidden bodyguard for his family.

Having made up his mind.

His gaze fell upon the young girl before him.

“I can spare your life, but on one condition.”

Lin Fan spoke.

A flash of joy and worry crossed the girl's face, but she nodded nonetheless.

She had no choice.

“Become my mount.”

Lin Fan announced.

The Fenglie: “...”

“Huh? Huuuh??”

She looked shocked, her cheeks turning bright red from excessive embarrassment.

“What, are you unwilling?”

Lin Fan's tone was flat.

“N—No, that's not what I meant.”

“For you to suddenly ask me to be your mount... for humans, doesn't that mean I belong to you, and you can do whatever you want to me?”

The Fenglie blurted out in one breath, her slender arms bashfully crossed.

Lin Fan didn't understand her meaning at first.

Then it clicked, and the corners of his mouth twitched under the mask.

He really wanted to jump down the canyon and give this dirty-minded Fenglie a heavy blow.

“Don't get any wild ideas. I have no interest in establishing any kind of relationship with a Demonic Beast.”

Lin Fan said calmly.

“Oh, okay then. As long as I don't have to stay in my original form, I'm willing to be your mount.”

Hearing the assurance of safety, the Fenglie happily agreed.

She had no choice anyway, so she might as well accept it gracefully.

Looking at the Fenglie at the bottom of the canyon, Lin Fan felt that merely having her agree to be a mount wasn't enough.

He had to ensure she wouldn't talk out of turn or act recklessly behind his back.

After all, she would be responsible for protecting his family when he wasn't around.

“Sigh, if only I had a Summoning Element. I could just sign a contract to ensure her loyalty.”

Lin Fan thought.

At this moment, he only had one method in mind.

He immediately called up the System.

...

[Skill: Spell Creator ...Creating Spell. Please select the element for Spell creation!]

[Space Element / Lightning Element!]

[Ding! Do you wish to cancel the creation process of the Space Spell ...Spatial Vortex?]

“Hmm?”

Lin Fan didn't expect such a prompt to pop up.

It seemed the System could not create two Spells simultaneously.

He still wanted to create the Spatial Vortex, so he did not allow the System to cancel it.

After closing the System interface.

He looked at the Fenglie still sitting on the canyon floor and told her to come out.

The Fenglie didn't dare delay; she leaped out of the canyon, the injuries on her body healing at an astonishing speed.

“Qing Yu pays respects to Master.”

The Fenglie bowed, showing her submission to the human before her.

It turned out Fenglie was just the name of her species.

She had a name, and it was Qing Yu.

Lin Fan ignored her formal greeting and told her to change back into her bird form.

He wanted to ride her to continue his other purpose for leaving the city today... farming experience and creating the Spell he wanted.

As soon as Qing Yu heard Lin Fan tell her to change back into a bird, she immediately showed a look of fear and suspicion.

Even though she had become his mount, was he still going to attack her?

“W—Why? I recover faster in human form.”

Qing Yu pleaded.

Lin Fan raised an eyebrow under his mask, not understanding why she was so afraid.

Was he really that scary?

However, he still explained the reason:

He wanted to hunt Demonic Beasts to farm experience and wanted to ride her to travel.

As for why he needed to hunt Demonic Beasts, he didn't need to explain that to her.

Qing Yu blinked, finding Lin Fan untrustworthy.

She refused to change back into a bird.

She begged to just follow him like this, saying she could even help him hunt other Demonic Beasts.