On the East Blood mountain, A White tiger with Twelve blood-red wings and crimson tiger stripes heard the echoes of crows and frowned deeply.

Certain memories surfaced in its mind as it recalled the fight with Halcyon the Primordial Golden Sun Crow Matriarch.

It roared loudly but it was blot out by the sounds of crows cawing. He frowned for a second but then smiled. He thought to himself "If the crows are this mad then someone else will be thoroughly beaten up I might have myself an ally against the crows."

Ping watching Alexanders' mother collapse while burning her bloodline made her frown. She had never expected this to happen. Alexander had also collapsed which made her worried. She had wanted to bully him for what happened to Frindle but she had never expected that he would burn his bloodline and soul for a crow he had just met.

Ping felt space warp and the little hairs on the back of her neck rose. She felt danger.

She turned around and saw many crows of different colors and characteristics on the limbs of trees. All of them focused on her and had their killing intent pointed in her direction.

Meddichai a Crow of light flew towards Alexander's mother pressed her beak on her and healed her wounds with the light element. She quickly grabbed her with her talons and took her next to Halcyon.

The fury in Halcyon's eyes faded tremendously when she saw the mortal crow had been healed but when she looked at Ping the hostility that had disappeared quickly returned as if it was a joke.

"To think an Almighty Cultivator would dare bully mortals, and worse yet a crow. Have you no fear or are you sick of living?" Halcyon eyes flickered as she spoke.

Ping took a deep breath and said " I have every right to bully this crow! do you know what he did? My friend almost died because of him! She squeezed Alexander unintentionally as she said that. While he was in her right hand Frindle's sapling form was in her left. She lifted Frindle for all the crows to see they all furrowed their brows."

"Is that Frindle?" Halcyon spoke calmly but she was very shocked to see someone so strong so incapacitated.

Ping spoke with fury. Yes! if it wasn't for this bastard she would have never fallen to this state!

Celsius scoffed You're telling us that a mortal crow affected someone as powerful as her?

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Faust didn't know much since it spent most of its time in the underworld but it was probably the calmest out of everyone here. "Explain." Faust demanded in a tone that was irrefutable.

Ping explained everything that had happened and how The Grand Astral technique affected Frindle.

A flaw in the technique caused Frindle to re-experience her trauma. I can understand the situation but do you have no shame in picking on a mortal? Faust spoke.

No! None whatsoever! Ping said proudly. If you do something wrong you need to be punished. Cultivation levels do not matter in situations like this and he needs to learn to be careful.

Frindle taught him the Grand Astral technique correct? It's possible she didn't know of the side effects if this is her first time passing on the technique to others. From what I have heard of this technique the creator is constantly making improvements and has passed the technique to many people and I haven't heard anything like what you're speaking of. It's also possible that Frindle's version could be an older more flawed technique compared to what is being passed around now. Meddichai spoke to Ping calmly and collected.

Ping frowned and thought about it for a while and replied. Yes, it's possible after all Frindle isn't known to socialize after what happened. She has a hard time making friends but that's why the friends she has are important. This is the first time she has befriended someone weak and could possibly be killed.

Crows aren't weak! said Nimbus the progenitor of the Cloudy Crow clan.

Latem the progenitor of the Metal Crow clan said Crows like us aren't weak but Mortal creatures like the child and his mother could be killed very easily, Right mother?

Halcyon replied Yes. Mortal creatures are fragile but have the potential to grow as it is one of the laws of heaven. This Crow child is special in his way. Frindle had visited many Crow clans and had received Feathers and blood and have studied some of their soul structures and I believe she did it for this child but what truly surprises me is that his mother could use the soul call.

She has a higher quality of Fulmen's bloodline and she has a trace of yours mother but she also has what I believe to be thunder hawk or Lightning eagle bloodline. They seem to be complimentary and even supportive of each other enhancing her bloodline quality and more important she had a lucky encounter to develop These extra eyes.. not sure if that's a bloodline trait or if she had a lucky encounter but it made her soul much stronger than her rank. Faust explained to everyone.

This mother has a very mixed bloodline and they seem to benefit each other and some of that is in the child combined with what ever Frindle did he has potential to become as strong as a third generation Primordial Golden Sun Crow maybe even second generation but who knows how life will turn out. Celsius followed with it's opinion.

Latem said perhaps we should take them back and nurture them.

That is a good idea but I would not force this upon them we should wait for them to wake up and ask their opinion. Halcyon spoke.

Why not take them they would be very grateful to have mother's guidance Latem spoke fiercely.

Freedom is the right of all living beings. They must have a choice or else they might not make it to their full potential. Forcing someone to be a certain way just to fit what you believe to be right will not guarantee the desired outcome. Nimbus spoke her piece.

How uncharacteristically of you Nimbus to say so much. Latem said

As the progenitor of the Cloudy Crow clan I can speak with certainty that freedom i.e to make your own decisions for good or Ill will cause the most growth.

Perhaps but as elders should we not guide them so they make less mistakes? Gaia the Progenitor of the Earthen Crow clan lazily asked inquisitively?

No sister you are correct in one aspect but the other person in question still needs to make the choice or else they might feel resentful for being forced on a path not of their choosing. Aquarius the Sea Crow Clan progenitor spoke.

We shall wait and see what their choices are after they wake up. Halcyon said.

Give the child to Meddichai Ping and you will leave, this is a family affair after all.

Ping grumbled but agreed she left Alexander on the ground and left quickly. As an Almighty she understood the pecking order of things as she was not as strong as Halcyon she might be able to flee if she used all her tricks but with the entire crow clan backing her up fighting would simply be suicide.

The number one unofficial rule of the universe is "Never bully a crow!" She now understood how quickly and unruly they could be and if they wanted to the could have killed her.

She left with Frindle back to her home.