I thought it was some trick to hurt people. That's it?
"That's all? Nothing else?" Bian Chunchou stared in disbelief. Is everyone in the Awakening Sea a perfectionist? And how did you even find out that Hidden Cloud Incense changes when it comes into contact with Soul-Attracting Wood?
"Of course there's more. It doesn't just smell worse. The scent also... lingers for a long time." Chun Wangshui curled his lip, plainly disgusted.
"That's it?"
"Isn't that enough? What did you expect, that it could kill without a trace? You're overthinking it, Fellow Daoist Bian. Hidden Cloud Incense is one of the Awakening Sea's signature products and brings in hundreds of millions of Spirit Stones every year. It's an incense that calms the mind. If it could be turned into a murder weapon, it would never have been sold in the first place."
Bian Chunchou saw the light. "Who knew the Awakening Sea was so good at business?"
"Naturally. Besides..."
"Besides what?"
"You've been to the Wei Household Immortal Shrine, haven't you?" Chun Wangshui phrased it as a question, but his tone left no doubt.
Bian Chunchou lowered his head and sniffed himself carefully. What is this? Are they both reincarnations of the Howling Celestial Dog? I only went there once! "You smelled it too?"
That too was telling. Chun Wangshui knew he had been right to come. "I told you, the scent lingers. Unless you use Fragrance Powder to remove it, it practically never fades."
Huh? Then going into the shrine is no different from getting stamped like a piece of meat! Even Bian Chunchou could tell now that something was wrong with the Wei Household Immortal Shrine.
Its purpose was probably more than soothing immortal spirits and accumulating merit. Yet despite its name, the Wei Household Immortal Shrine was