Ninth Concubine's description sent panic surging through me too.
It was panic! The kind that came from deep within!
It was like entering a cave and looking up to find an abyssal beast waiting inside, its enormous, bloodstained maw gaping open.
Ninth Concubine had seen that thing too!
"Do you know what it was?" I hurriedly asked.
She shook her head. "I'd never seen it before. After I left the Luo Residence and returned to the village, I searched through many ancient texts on related subjects, but I couldn't find any record of its origins. I felt that thing... wasn't something that should exist in this world at all. I don't think even the evil ghosts in hell could be that terrifying."
Even in the dream, I could feel myself drenched in cold sweat.
Just what kind of monster was that thing, for even Ninth Concubine not to know?
Could it be an alien life-form?
That was just too absurd...
"So at the time, you believed that thing had killed the others in the Luo Residence?" I asked.
Ninth Concubine nodded. "At the time, apart from me, all that remained in the Luo Residence were the vengeful spirit inside that Qiongqi and that monster. I hadn't released the vengeful spirit, so it couldn't have been responsible. It could only have been that monster."
"Could that monster have been the vengeful spirit?" I asked.
Ninth Concubine shook her head. "No. That vengeful spirit was very powerful too, but it was still only a ghost. As I said, even the evil ghosts in hell weren't as terrifying as that monster."
"Then was that monster also the reason you failed to resurrect your sister?" I asked again.
Ninth Concubine fell silent for a few seconds, then said, "That was indeed what I thought