Li Mei leaned against her workbench, her expression calming.
"Refining a Spirit Flame is a very personal, very dangerous process. You're essentially merging your Qi with a flame—something inherently unstable—and transforming it into something alive. Something that responds to your will."
Han Yu leaned forward, now completely focused.
"There are many kinds of Spirit Flames. Some refined internally, some obtained externally." she continued. "The Internal one is hard to refine as one needs to compress and ignite their spirit qi to create it. Without great control and resilience, this can easily cause a backlash. Plus, if you don't have Fire Elemental affinity, this process is a lot harder, or simply impossible for many." Li Mei explained before taking a pause.
"In the case of external ones, some are born from rare spirit herbs. Others are harvested from deep volcanic veins or ancient beast cores. But no matter the source, you need one thing above all: compatibility."
