"Phew, I had thought we were here for the same thing, my master who was also the previous master of Xiao Ling, was a introverted hermit who stayed Starlight Continent. He brought me under his discipleship and then passed on the Heaven-defying artifact when he went, he told me to go to several places to retrieve his legacy so I've been rushing around to find them" Likewise, He Li did not either.
"Wanna stay together? It would be better since we could help each other in this horrendous place that our masters made us come to and I don't think you can bear to separate those two either" Zi Hua looked over towards Xiao Shen and Xiao Ling who were catching up to each other on what had happened in the last million years.
"Might as well"
"Which direction are you heading towards?"
"East" He Li brought out a map and pointed to his destination.
"Same, mine is further so we'll go to yours first" Zi Hua offered.
"Are you sure?"
"No worries" She didn't mind since it was for Xiao Shen's sake.
But what the two didn't realize was that catching up on what has happened was only a secondary target and the two artifact spirits' actual objective was to have them stay together, you couldn't blame them for taking advantage of their owners kindness since that was half of the truth since it was their secondary objective.
After the whole situation was cleared up, dawn had already arrived so they set off, they were cultivators so they had no trouble not sleeping the normally needed amount.
After another half a day of travelling, the scenery changed slightly, although it was still a rain forest the trees were less densely packed together than before.
Just before they reached the desert, Zi Hua slowed them down.
"We should be reaching the desert soon, did you bring anything special to change into?" Zi Hua stopped and turned around to ask.
"No, do I need to?" He Li perplexedly asked.
'I almost forgot, he's never seen a desert' Zi Hua had the urge to face palm, how could she forget? There's practically no deserts in this world so not to mention preparing, people here probably don't even know what a desert is.
"Do you know where we are heading to?" Zi Hua carefully asked, trying not to make it sound rude.
"A sandy place?"
'How did this klutz survive all this time!' She subconsciously looked towards Xiao Ling.
He Li was actually not stupid but he had been living with his hermit master who deprived him of his common sense.
Though if not for her previous life, Zi Hua would probably be no better than him.
If it was for his babysitter ahem I mean artifact spirit, who knows what would've happened to him.
But it seems that someone else will be looking after him now...
"A desert is sandy but it is also exceptionally hot and has a low humidity, the rainfall is practically zero, during the evening, the temperature drastically drops" Seeing his clueless self Zi Hua couldn't help but have the impulse to help him.
She explained the properties of a desert to him based on her previous life's experience.
"I've brought lots of water in my storage ring so we don't have to worry about staying hydrated, come to think of it, where have you been resting?" Zi Hua just realized, he knew that she took a break in her tent but last night, he was not resting but rather advancing through the rain forest.
"I've just been sleeping on a tree whenever I need to rest, after all, if I rely on the Heaven-defying artifact too much it will be rather problematic if I meet a situation where I can not access it" The two had the same trail of thought.