At the foot of Wan Shou Mountain a young girl stood in a violet and white hanfu which had a patterned middle bit hanging from the waistband and long white sleeves that flowed into purple.
Several hundred shadows rushed down the mountain towards her.
"Welcome back master!" They had sensed her aura and immediately rushed to her location.
"I'm back" Replied Zi Hua, she had decided to bring forward her plans on taking them to Moonlight Continent since, after she visited the ruins, she hadn't found any leads to where the map to the remaining flame in Moonlight Continent could be.
So she thought that the map may be in Sunlight Continent instead and returned to Starlight Continent to finish some matters.
"Let's head up the mountain first" She had teleported to the foot of the mountain instead of the base to test if they could sense her from such a distance.
The group of people headed up the mountain even faster than they descended under Zi Hua's lead.
Zi Hua had preferred transparency from day 1 so she didn't call specific people to talk in private but rather just in front of everyone.
"Tell me the progress of the original members please, Nia"
"Yes master, Anemone and I are now high stage Martial Kings on the verge of break through, the other ten Light Phantoms are now mid stage Martial Kings, others range from low stage Martial Kings to low stage Martial Overlords"
"Good" Zi Hua was happy with their progress over the last almost two years since Light Phantoms had been officially founded since it would have been hard for them to advance in a place with such little Qi.
The 12 Light Phantoms although seemed to have not progressed much, have actually had the most progress since they are higher in cultivation which makes it more difficult to break through.
"Anne please tell me the progress of the new recruits"
"Yes master, their progress throughout these almost two years is comparable to the original members progress, however there are two who have significantly surpassed expectations, Mu Qing, Xue Ying, please step out"
"Greetings master"
"They are now on the verge of breaking through to Martial Overlord"
"Good" This was within her expectations since they were half spirit beasts.
Those with half or less spirit beast blood will take on the form of humans and age according to their human cultivation level, but they will not be able to transform into spirit beasts and those with a higher bloodline will progress in cultivation quicker.
However, as long as a half human and full spirit beast have a child that child will be counted as a spirit beast and be no different than usual spirit beasts apart from the fact that they have some human blood in them.
"Continue working hard, don't become conceited, there are always those that are stronger than you"
"Yes master"
"Likewise, for others, instead of spending your time hating them or being jealous, you should instead use this time to catch up or even surpass them by working hard"
"Yes master" Several dozen voices said.
"We'll be leaving this place soon, I'll leave the preparations to the 12 Light Phantoms"
"Yes master"
After that was over with, Zi Hua went to her quarters and entered Heaven-defying artifact, she could sense that she was about to have a break-through.
These few months were quite frustrating, what would've usually taken only one or two months took several, however it was a valuable experience to not take her rapid progress for granted and go through some hardships as well as understand her own helplessness and how weak she actually was.
She couldn't reveal her powers because she wasn't strong enough...
Couldn't get revenge for her master because she wasn't strong enough...
With new found motivation Zi Hua started cultivating...
BOOM!
"Master finally broke through to Mid Stage Martial Honor!" Cheered Xiao Hong, she could recognize the sound of a break through easily, since her master would always break through in Heaven-defying artifact as to not get found out.
"Of course she would, now when will you three break through, after so many years you three have only broken through to Mid Stage Celestial rank" Questioned Xiao Shen.
Faced with this question the three spirit beasts' eyes started darting around the room.
"Hehe~, we've been kinda busy" BUSY PROCRASTINATING!
In actuality, their cultivation speed is already considered unbelievable but definitely not to their fullest potential, Zi Hua hadn't said anything since they were still children and should enjoy their childhood, they have more than a long enough lifespan, but that didn't mean that they could skip out on cultivation all together either.
Rising in ranks as a spirit beast is significantly more difficult than rising in human cultivation but they were part of the inheritance for a reason if they weren't talented then they wouldn't have been in the pagoda.