After hearing the last thing Seventh Master said,
we had already guessed the Snake Spirit's identity.
She had fled the Northeast and was the last Calamity Dragon.
This Snake Spirit was the child that Wealthy Heiress had given birth to all those years ago!
Her name was Chang An'an!
And she had been born during the Qianlong era, making her at least two hundred years old now.
But this Calamity Dragon really was weak in a fight. If it had been anyone else from the Liu Family, the three of us would probably have been swallowed whole last night, rather than me managing to drive them off.
"I only heard about Chang An'an from my master."
Seventh Master told us, "Chang An'an was raised by the Liu Family and took on the responsibility of producing offspring. That was her natural duty to begin with, but as times changed, the Chuma Immortals grew closer and closer to humans, gradually integrating into human society."
"Apart from the old immortals cultivating deep in the mountains and forests, most of the younger generation have helped the disciples of spirit-medium halls act as mediums to some extent, and they've become curious about things in human society."
"Chang An'an's thinking may have changed somewhat. She began to develop a clear sense of her own gender. She felt she was male, and how could a male produce offspring?"
"And the offspring she produced were just as useless as she was. She probably suffered rejection and ridicule from her own kind too, so she didn't have much standing in the Liu Family and began thinking about defecting."
At this, I couldn't help remarking, "Bullying really is everywhere. Even snakes get bullied."
Chang An'an had probably spent so much time around humans that her thinking had come somewhat into