Strongest Scammer: Scamming The World, One Death At A Time

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."

"That’s where elemental affinity comes in?"

"Exactly," she nodded. "If your elemental affinity is Fire, then flame-type materials will resonate with you more naturally. Your Qi will stabilize the flame faster, and your spiritual channels will be less likely to suffer backlash. It’s like trying to raise a wild beast—Fire users already speak the same ’language’ as the flame."

Han Yu nodded slowly. "And if your affinity is something else?"

"It’s harder," she said bluntly. "Not impossible, but harder. If your affinity is Wood, then you’ll be better at understanding herb reactions, balance, and energy resonance during pill formation. That’s invaluable, especially for high-grade concoctions."

She lifted another finger.

"Water affinity, on the other hand, helps during purification. Washing away impurities, drawing out medicinal essences, cooling volatile reactions... it gives you more control over dangerous blends."

"There are hybrid elemental Spirit flames, but they are very hard to find and even harder to refine." Li Mei added at the end. "You best give up on these."