The feeling of having your body cooking because your absorbing all sorts of energy is extremely unpleasant. You can feel the solar energy, astral energy , and many other energies forcing them selves into my body. I just grit my beak and left my self absorb this energy even though its painful. My bird tears evaporate as soon as they start.
All of a sudden I hear Chirping and screeching.
I look up to see my mom hoping mad. I take a quick peek and notice that the crow nest has started to smolder. I guess absorbing energy like this might cause my nest to burn up. I wonder if Frindle used a barrier on me to prevent me from burning it up in my first cultivation session.
All of a sudden I hear her "speak"in my mind Are you ok? Why are you so hot?
Mom? I used my mental energy communication technique that Frindle imparted to me.
I tilt my head and look at her wide eyed. I must look goofy because she stopped hopping around and looking upset.
You can speak! She cawed out very loudly.
She suddenly composed her self The great being gave me some knowledge while she was petting me. One of the things she taught me was universal language and how to use mental energy. She also gave me a way to get stronger. I will be the best crow ever she puffed up her chest and her plumage shone lightly as if responding to her.
Mother umm shall I move out of the nest?
Perish the thought my child we can just expand the nest. I shall go savaging for materials, now that you can cultivate you shall protect the nest while I am looking for better materials. We will grow into the most powerful crow clan ever. She started to laugh Caw Caw Caw . It was funny watching a bird laugh like that even if she was my mother.
I will protect my siblings while you're out. I will also cultivate carefully just outside of the nest so that I won't damage the eggs mother.
She stopped cawing for a second and took a deep look at me and spoke. You are very intelligent for a hatchling my son. I was a bit nervous with what she said and she hopped and waddled over she lifted her wing and stroked my head with pride and affection. The figuritive sweat rolled down my back. I turned my head and looked at my mother and she spoke "I will be gone for a while protect our home child". I nodded silently and watched her fly off. Hours after mother left I decided to cultivate.
I looked at the unhatched eggs and with vigilance and I quietly surveyed the area and saw nothing. I adjusted myself and walked out of nest and started to cultivate then all of a sudden the feathers on my next started to get erect and I felt danger. I quickly stopped cultivating and looked around I still didn't see anything resembling a threat. I thought about starting to cultivate again but I quickly remembered Friendle's warning about how dangerous the world is.
I looked through my memories and found some perception techniques that she had left that were simple to understand. First was the heat detection vision which sounded exactly like it was.
I focused qi into my eyes and took a quick look around I saw a bit of reddish qi coming from my siblings eggs. I looked all around the nest and didn't see anything but I didn't stop looking I quickly changed my technique to qi sensing eyes. that's when I saw it a thin qi like a string on the trunk of the tree. I removed the technique and looked at the trunk and didn't see anything but I knew something was there.
I quickly shot my thunder crow electric flame at the spot where I saw the qi and a heard an angry hiss. It was then I knew I'd be in for a tough fight.