When Seventh Master put it that way, I understood at once.
The person Seventh Concubine actually hated was her husband, Master Luo Baichuan.
That was why all the people killed afterward were men.
Perhaps this was an obsession of Seventh Concubine's: she hated all men.
It turned out that Seventh Concubine had killed everyone who died at the Luo Residence, as well as those who died afterward.
After death, the people of the Luo Residence had turned into harmful magnetic fields and remained under Seventh Concubine's control. They had not harmed anyone themselves, but the magnetic fields they became kept affecting people nearby. That was why those villagers had suffered hysterical episodes.
With that cleared up, we at least had some idea of what we were dealing with.
"Seventh Master, Seventh Concubine has been dead for over a hundred years. She must be a powerful ghost..."
A hundred-year-old ghost-could she have already become something more?
"Do you know about vengeful ghosts in red?"
As Seventh Master surveyed the terrain with his searchlight, he told me, "She's the equivalent of ten vengeful ghosts in red combined. And too many people have died here. This place has already become a site of evil. Even the best layout couldn't save its feng shui."
"With this evil site and Seventh Concubine together, our chances of successfully dealing with this place are about ten percent."
My hair stood on end. "T-ten percent? Could it be any higher...?"
Seventh Master shook his head. "No. Those two masters back then couldn't deliver the ghosts here, either. Even masters whose powers reached the divine could only do so much. I can't compare with them."
I swallowed. "Can I back out...?"
Seventh Master glanced at me. "Sure. Assistant He is right over there. Go on."
I chuckled. "Just kidding.