I reach my mother's nest with the snake in my talons I quickly place the snake inside the nest and before she says anything I take off. I go back to hunt one for myself while keeping a lookout for those dangerous snakes that like to ambush us handsome birds. I quickly find another low level snake and repeat my 100 percent hunting method for these guys. I dive down silently grab it in my talons and peck at the head with a fierce strike and I take off back to my nest.

on My way back to my nest the thoughts of today's hunt preoccupy my mind . What if it was a much higher level than me? or what if it knew some techniques that block my senses? The answer of course would be that I would be dead at worst at best injured. I quickly become unnerved and start cultivating ignoring the snake I had caught earlier. A few hours go by and I wake up from cultivating my core filled with energy and I start to think how fortunate I am. If I was a regular Thunder and lightning crow I would just eat, hunt, sleep and one day reproduce with a female. I would now be as strong as I am now nor would I be as smart as I am. Having my human past makes me much better than a normal crow but It also brings its own issues. If I was a normal Crow I would just live that monotonous life till I advanced enough to unlock greater intelligence and possibly unlock some kind of bloodline memory. My start is better but being aware of all the dangerous things around me just after hatching is stressful.

I start to peck at my food while I continue to think about how I should proceed. Should I hide and cultivate for a while or should I go the more traditional route and hunt and eat till I advanced. Cultivation seems to purify my core energy but it hasn't increased much like just stuffing myself with energy and causing it to grow. If I keep cultivating will my core strengthen itself to the point it can't grow in size or will it grow at some point? Not having a teacher teach me these things sure is headache inducing. Frindle where are you !" I couldn't help but shout in my mind hoping she would hear me.

Since I'm a living being I can't go with out eating so I will continue to hunt and eat but I haven't had to poop since I was born I wonder if The Grand Astral Technique is purifying everything and burning up my waste? Well it's not a bad thing not pooping but It sure feels awkward now that I think about it. I start to feel odd about not having natural biological functions.

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Thinking about my lack of pooping isn't productive so let me get back on track. I need to learn everything that Frindle left in my mind before I think about hunting anything more than core-less creatures.

"Wow! Frindle sure left more than I thought. So many moves to choose from! It's like Christmas. I start Cawing like a lunatic. I calm myself down and start going through the techniques Frindle left. I like the technique Born for battle. It has a passive threat detection and stamina recovery it seems that the person who created this is a soldier or a mercenary who lives on the battlefield and this Solar Wood Embracing technique. Helps recover from injuries as long as the sun I out is it's primary function but it also causes our cells to store yang energy and protect us from yin attacks and some mental disturbing moves. These two shall be the first techniques I will learn and apparently I first have to learn the basics of the technique and then focus on my inner world and find a star to imprint these techniques so that they become passive and cultivate automatically with the Grand Astral technique.

I find this interesting as the normal use of the technique is slightly different but incorporating them into my galaxy changes them into a passive ability. I wonder if it's effectiveness will decrease by a lot or will it be just as strong as the original.

I spend one day learning Born for battle and another day for imprinting it. The star I chose is the eye of my Crow constellation goes from a clear color to a dark crimson color as if it was a star made of blood. When I finish imprinting the technique I go and hunt for some food for mother and myself then I go back to my nest and I continue to cultivate. This time I learn the Solar Wood Embracing technique and just like Born for Battle it also takes a day to learn the basics and one more for imprinting this time the star I chose turns Golden with a greenish brown tint. I choose to Embed the technique where my heart constellation is some of my feathers have a very dark green tint to them now.

I start cultivating Grand Astral and I notice that the energy is split into 3 parts each one going to a different star. The one that travels to Born for Battle star starts to agitate me. Its making me hungry for battle luckily the Solar Wood Embracing star keeps my mind peaceful. These two techniques are definitely complimentary especially with the ability to store energy and the ability have it circulate through my body recovering from injuries and fatigue almost effortlessly.

With these two techniques I feel more confident in surviving this cage. If I encounter that snake I should be able fight it and be a bit reckless. Born for battle feels like a great technique for a Berserker I wonder where Frindle learned it from? She doesn't seem like a Barbarian Tribe member or a battle freak. I should test these moves with a class 0 snake and see what the outcome is the last thing I want to do is get into a fight with the rank 1 snake without properly training my move set. I get up and start heading towards my familiar hunting grounds beneath out home.