Snowlands (5)

"Yeah, thanks, I owe-" He Li was about to say 'I owe you one when Zi Hua covered his mouth with the hand that was not holding him to interrupt him.

"We're friends, there's no owing between us, okay?"

"Yeah"

Zi Hua flew back up and this time made sure that the ice was sturdy enough before stepping down.

"What should we do, we can't let this constantly repeat itself" They might get unlucky and end up in a perilous situation.

When it came to flying, they came into the same problem as in the desert, the winds were simply too much for them to stabilize, both of them knew that.

They pondered for a long time but could not think of an answer. (A/N: At the point when I was writing this, neither did I, haha)

"We aren't getting anywhere like this, we might as well set out camp, it's getting late" Zi Hua suggested, just like sleeping, the more you try, the harder it is, they can't force it, they might as well get a good rest and then they may be able to find a solution.

"Good idea"

They set up the tent, had dinner, cleaned up and tucked into bed, of course, in their usual position. (A/N: We're you guys thinking that they would find the solution in the shower? Coz people always get the best ideas there for some reason, Lol)

Constantly racking their brains over it won't do them much good and only stress them out so the best course of choice was to relax, although that sounded easily and was the most logical choice, executing it was another story...

They stayed up for quite a while but eventually gave into the cold and fell soundly asleep.

The next day, He Li made breakfast but whilst eating breakfast, something pooped into Zi Hua's mind.

'How could I have forgotten'

Darker areas of ice are thinner so they just have to avoid darker areas, but... the snowstorms make visibility low and they can't wait for the snowstorms to end before setting out, that would be far too time consuming, she still has to meet up with the Anqi sisters.

It seems that their only choice would be to crawl...

Zi Hua relayed the idea to He Li.

Although it seems that Zi Hua was more intelligent than He Li it was only a matter of experience, they were equally matched when it comes to intelligence.

After packing away, they tried Zi Hua's suggestion, luckily, the gloves prevented their hands from sticking to the ice and freezing due to the cold temperatures.

They did not encounter another ice cracking situation as they advanced through the snowlands.

Crawling did not significantly decrease their pace since they were pretty slow previously due to the strong winds, crawling seems to even help the avoid some of the wind.

But crawling around was humiliating, but fortunately for them, only they were there, which also meant that they saw one of each others most humiliating moments.

Much to their relief, the snowlands covered a much smaller area than the deserts, so it was estimated that it would only take them another day before reaching the next environment.

After eating, He Li went to wash the dishes and Zi Hua went to shower.

However, once He Li finished the dishes and headed outside to where the portable shower was set up, nailed to the ground, thinking that Zi Hua had gone to the bedroom compartment to sleep already.

The portable shower was sound proof so that it won't attract near by animals and Zi Hua made sure that it would be impossible to see inside from the outside so He Li did not realize that anyone was inside.

As she showered, she made sure to stay alert to her surroundings just in case a spirit beast approached the portable shower since it was the only one she had brought, duplicating a few more copies of the things had slipped her mind amidst all those things that she had to prepare for the trip.