For Fu Hua, the Lihuo Flame was something she could summon with a casual gesture. Wu Qing'e, however, still needed hand seals and Spirit Tongue to assist her. Once she became familiar with it, though, she would likewise be able to discard those things and manipulate the flames of the Five Elements at will.
But... even with such rudimentary flames, Wu Qing'e had not succeeded completely. A flicker of flame had just appeared at her fingertips before it went out the next instant.
It had flashed briefly, then vanished. It had not even lasted a second—she could not even use it to light a cigarette.
"Every time I'm about to succeed, I fail! I don't know why either. Master, is my method wrong?" Seeing herself fail once more, Wu Qing'e looked at Fu Hua pleadingly. She truly had no idea what else to do.
"Your method is correct."
After watching Wu Qing'e cast the spell, Fu Hua had gained a rough understanding. Neither the hand seals nor the Spirit Tongue had been a problem...
The issue lay with the Honkai within her body... well, with the mana of this world now. There was something wrong with her mana.
"Then... why do I keep failing?"
Hearing that her method was not wrong, Wu Qing'e was even more confused.
"..."
Fu Hua did not answer. She merely looked at her.
The main reason for her failure was probably the Stigmata within her body. Her mana was currently supplied by the Stigmata, which she had not even fully refined yet. In principle, she should still have been able to use it without fully refining it, but... the Stigmata seemed not to have acknowledged her.
If one merely treated a Stigmata as equipment and gained the power it bestowed upon its wearer, there was