Zi Hua and He Li stayed silent throughout the night but had gotten a practically sleepless night yet again.
They still had to deal with sleeping in the same tent in the desert, don't tell them that they won't be getting a wink of sleep.
When they saw the first sun rays of dawn, the two got up and exited the tent.
"Did you get a good night's sleep?" He Li asked as he appreciated the sunrise.
"Yeah" Zi Hua lied through her teeth, she didn't want to hurt him by saying that she didn't get enough sleep because of him.
Wait, why couldn't she sleep last night?
It was not because of him, it must've been because she was used to sleeping alone, that must be the reason!
Zi Hua reasoned with herself, forgetting that she used to suffocate ahem hug her three spirit beasts to sleep when they were young, she wouldn't mind cuddling their baby forms to sleep nowadays but it's a pity that they won't allow her, haiz, they're going through their rebellious phase.
"Let's get going" The two of them called out their artifact spirits so that the two of them could 'catch up', after all, a lot of things happen in a million years, not realizing that the two were planning some 'fated meetings'.
Though, their experience was very low since their masters often never met or didn't need them to interfere since by the time they had planned everything out, their masters would have developed feelings already.
Zi Hua and He Li tread across the rain forest and entered the desert, the blazing sun was merciless and had it not been for the special clothing, the two would've probably gotten a heat-stroke already.
Zi Hua brought out two water bottles from the storage ring and handed one over to He Li.
Luckily, she had decided to bring a pile of water bottles instead of one which she would refill, or else she may have had to indirectly kiss him.
Once someone reaches Martial Overlord, their bodies will be able to absorb everything they consume more efficiently, abandoning the need to excrete, females would also not need to bleed monthly for the sake of fertility, which was a huge sigh of relief for Zi Hua. (A/N: Who else wishes that was true? T-T)
After a while of walking, they slowed down and decided to take a break, Zi Hua brought out a massive black umbrella and stuck it into the ground to block out the scorching heat.
It also reminded her that she had brought a few more black umbrellas in her storage ring, she had made plenty since umbrellas were prone to breaking especially since the desert was rather windy.
The two had had to clean their clothes with spiritual power every so often to get rid of the sweat and sand, thankfully the clothes could be cleaned with just a tiny bit of spiritual power.
The veils and masks protected their faces and the tight sleeves prevents sand from entering their clothes.
Whilst scouring through her storage ring to find the other umbrellas so she could block out as much sunlight as possible during their rest, Zi Hua did not notice something approaching, she should've made the storage ring have sections to organize her stuff.
"Careful!" He Li reached out to Zi Hua and pulled her 15 yards away.
Two massive spirit beasts arose from where they were.
A gigantic centipede and behemoth scorpion emerged from the sand, the two engaged in a fierce battle.
They were probably below the surface just before this which explains why they had not seen the spirit beasts from afar.
"Thanks, I owe you one" Zi Hua breathed a sigh of relief, she really should pay more attention to her surroundings like how she did when she half-slept.
"No worries" He Li looked down and said.
"Could you let me down now?" Zi Hua blushed, to bring her away from the battle, He Li had picked her up into a princess carry.
"Ye-yeah, of course" He Li had realized what he had done and hurriedly let her down.
Zi Hua averted her gaze from him, she had seen others being princess carried but has never got princess carried herself.
Zi Hua observed the two spirit beasts fighting and contemplated, how troublesome...
If those two spirit beasts were to carry on fighting, it may attract other spirit beasts, especially with the scent of blood, that would block their advance through the desert.