Jiang Qiao had just finished reading the *Nursery Fragrance Compendium*, giving him a basic understanding of the knowledge surrounding incense making.
However, he had only read halfway through *The Fragrance Smelting Manual*, where he had stumbled upon a curious detail.
Wenyu had written in the book:
[All my inspiration for crafting incense stems from my innate, special ability—one that ordinary people can never replicate.
[I can smell the aura of people's souls. While the souls of some people are clean and pure, and others faintly radiate a unique fragrance, a small fraction emit a fermented, sour, and rotting scent. The aura drifting from a soul is something I can always easily capture, and it completely masks any scent originating from elsewhere.]
Chapter 27