Even though in the end Xiao Ji used the Wind Attribute ultimate move to spread that scent, Veronia said she was worried, afraid of attracting the wrath of the Little Crocodile, so she used her own power at the edges to prevent the scent from spreading too far.
Of course, strictly speaking, that food itself would only attract wild Spirit Beasts out looking for food at this time, and wouldn't be like some suspicious drugs that even attract Spirit Beasts preparing to rest.
But even so, soon enough this shoal gathered quite a few wild nocturnal plant-type Spirit Beasts.
Looking at those luminous Spirit Beasts gathering around, even though Xiao Ji is a Divine Beast of the Death Series, she felt a bit uneasy; there's no way around it, anything related to the Ghost Series always carries a frightening feeling, not to mention the gathering of so many at once, making this shoal appear gloomily lit in blue-green hues.
