Hearing Meng De's words, Sword Come immediately looked troubled.
"Isn't there another way? Does it have to be me who finds her?"
Seeing Sword Come hemming and hawing, Li Changsheng said, "Sword Come, don't falter at a time like this."
"If you falter now, we're all finished."
Sword Come looked aggrieved. "It's not that I want to falter. I'm just not confident I can do this."
"This place already reeks, and Ghost Granny smells even worse."
"Why do you care how bad she smells right now? We're about to die. Don't you realize that?"
"You don't understand. I mean I'm too close to Ghost Granny now. I can't locate her anymore."
Sword Come gestured frantically as he explained, "This so-called Innate Divine Ability of smell is, simply put, a way to find something by following the trail of its scent."
"If we were outside, I could definitely pinpoint Ghost Granny's general direction."
"But we're already inside her lair. I can't find her now because the entire inn smells like her."
"It's like standing in a sea of flowers. Follow a foul smell, and you'll surely find the droppings someone left in a hidden corner."
"But if you're standing in a cesspit, can you tell who produced each pile of waste, and in what order?"
Li Changsheng's mouth twitched at Sword Come's analogy.
Meng De frowned. "Back then, the Bai Ze divine beast's sense of smell was said to be the greatest among beasts, past and present."
"They say the Bai Ze divine beast could track enemies from hundreds of millions of miles away and distinguish countless scents in the world."
"That ability also helped the Imperial Tutor achieve countless feats."
"And now I'm only asking you to find Ghost Granny's hiding place inside an inn. You can't even do that?"