[ He silently deciphers this, his hands stilling in his work as he turns the new information over in his head. His expression is utterly impassive as he does. ]

So this qi of yours is a pure magic, aligned to no element, but it has an affinity for fire, and so it easily takes on fire's aspect. So you must separate the two before you can have pure qi again.

[ He's wondering what hellfire is - does the man have some demonic touch to him? - but better to start with basic things when it comes to power he knows little about. ] Do I understand you correctly?