But fire affinity was different entirely.
Affinity did not simply manifest after adulthood. It did not change because someone willed it. It did not mutate based on cultivation either. It was engraved in the spirit root at birth. If Ju Fan suddenly developed an affinity, people would notice.
They might declare him a genius. They might test him repeatedly. They might drag him to the formation halls and try to study him. The sect was ruthless enough to dissect him if they found anything unusual.
So Han Yu had never dared to examine it. He never even considered the possibility.
Yet the Dancing Flame Art had exposed a truth he could not deny.
Something about inheriting Ju Fan's body had altered him. Something in the fusion of soul and vessel. Something in the latent Blood Qi of the Blood Moon Continent. Or perhaps some remnant of Ju Fan's cultivation had merged with his own spirit, creating a mutated affinity.
