As mentioned before, orthodox monks basically use the refining period as the key to obtaining Qi, and as long as they reach the standard of the advanced Qi cultivation stage, they will abandon the refining period exercises.

However, this does not mean that the physical strength of the monk will stagnate, as it enters the stage of volcanic qi, after the heaven and earth vitality is introduced into the body, it will also improve the monk's physique to a certain extent.

Therefore, the significance of Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi to monks is not just a means to release attacks with exercises when facing the enemy.

At the same time, the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi that fills the whole body can also replace the consumption of physical strength to a certain extent, making the monks in the Fu Qi period more stamina, faster, and more able to cope with special situations.

It is precisely because the monk can increase his physical strength in this way, so few people will hold on to the refinement period exercises, although this can increase the stock of essence and blood, but it is quite time-consuming and laborious.

Because of this, it is really very rare for Shi Yi to deliberately use the exercises during the refining period to constantly squeeze the essence blood to produce Qi, and then use the huge amount of Qi in the body to feed the essence and blood, and constantly increase the stock of essence and blood in the body.

The huge amount of essence and blood in the body makes Shi Yi's recovery ability very outstanding, which makes Shi Yi have a good physical quality without the need for heaven and earth vitality to take over physical exertion.

However, in normal times, there was no difference between the two at all, because there was very little opportunity to force the monk into a situation where the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi in his body was exhausted.

After all, in the process of consumption, the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi from the outside world is also constantly being incorporated into the body.

And now in the territory of Liu Kingdom, the situation has changed again, the extremely hot and arid environment has doubled the consumption of heaven and earth vitality in the body of the Kidney Water Dao monk.

This made the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi in the body, which was responsible for physical exertion, also increased a lot.

Moreover, ordinary cultivators of the Kidney Water Dao did not deliberately accumulate essence blood at all during the refining period, which made the stock of essence and blood in their bodies really rare, and it was slightly more than that of ordinary people.

It's just normal times, but if you are facing a rapid march to the battlefield like today, you need to rush to the battlefield.

In the case of the intensification of the consumption of heaven and earth vitality and the absence of essence and blood support, the end of long-distance travel can be imagined, and it is strange not to be tired and paralyzed.

However, this was just the situation faced by ordinary cultivators of the Kidney Water Dao, and Shi Yi, who had a huge stock of essence and blood, didn't need to worry about these at all.

Shi Yi didn't need to use the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi in his body at all, just the recovery ability brought by the essence blood was enough to support Shi Yi to consume a lot of physical strength for a long time.

To put it mildly, if it is an endurance competition, Shi Yi alone can consume everyone present.

In this way, Shi Yi followed the group of men and horses to run quickly, marching in the direction of Maruyama.

Because Maruyama is in the territory of the wild goose country, and Yanagi is in the rear to prevent the wild goose country from sneaking attack, the distance between the starting place and Maruyama is not short.

After running for two hours in a row, some people began to lose their strength and had to slow down.

This slowdown didn't matter, and gradually stretched the originally neat marching troops a lot.

At this time, Shi Yi still seemed to be at ease, but his surroundings had changed to unfamiliar faces, and Shi Yi's group had fallen behind at some point.

Shi Yi didn't care about this, and still stayed in his original position at his own pace.

Although Shi Yi could have rushed to the front position, he didn't do it.

Because there is no need to be in this kind of limelight, there is no reward for rushing to the front, and Shi Yi is just a newcomer, so there is no harm in being low-key.

In this way, another hour passed, and Maruyama finally faintly looked at it, and at the same time, the team of fetal breath realm monks who took the lead also appeared in front of everyone.

The two teams reunited, which also meant that the three-hour trek was finally over.

At this moment, many monks sat on the ground with their asses very disregarded, and at the same time kept gasping for breath, and it was clear that the journey was not easy for them.

And Shi Yi just exhaled two mouthfuls of turbid breath lightly, and basically recovered.

At this time, the other backward personnel in the division and Yi squad were late.

When several people saw Shi Yi who arrived first, they were stunned in disbelief at first, while Cui Zong said hello to Shi Yi first.

The expression on Huang Hanchu's face was a little embarrassed, he obviously thought of it, and he was reluctant to accept what happened when Shi Yi was there.

And the remaining two team members also looked at Shi Yi with a little dodgy eyes.

Fortunately, this situation did not last long, and the order to continue advancing towards the Maruyama battlefield was quickly transmitted.

Fortunately, Maruyama was already close at hand, so this time it was not as urgent as when it was rushing to march before.

As the distance got closer, Shi Yi once again saw the huge fortress perched on top of Maruyama.

At this time, the fortress was still as before, and one corner of it was still a little tilted, but it was obviously repaired, and its inclination was much smaller than it was at the beginning.

Just as Shi Yi was observing the fortress, a piercing sound suddenly sounded, apparently the defenders of the Yan Kingdom stationed in the fortress had discovered their Liu Kingdom's brigade, and only then did they issue a warning warning.

Shi Yi could clearly see the commotion in the fortress, and it was obvious that Yan Guo did not expect that the monk of Liu Guo, who had just left for a few days, would suddenly make a comeback at this time.

At this time, the array of Liuguo monks had been fully unfolded, and the Liuguo monks who were assigned to the high ground began to take out parts one by one from the huge storage pockets they carried, and the other monks around them were very skillful and quickly assembled.

Not long after, the big killer that Shi Yi saw last time, the ballista, appeared in the field of vision again.

As the ballista carts were assembled and deployed in the phalanx of the monks of the Liu Kingdom.

No matter how stupid the monks of the Yan Kingdom who had suffered a loss were to know that they must not let these ballistas shoot arrows, otherwise the fortress they were in would not be able to stop them.

Moreover, this time, Liu Guo directly dispatched ten ballistas, nearly twice as many as last time, and if they were allowed to fire a salvo, the power would be terrifying.

Therefore, this time, before these ballistas were wound, the monks of the Yan Kingdom quickly poured out of the fortress and rushed towards the phalanx of the monks of the Liu Kingdom.

The one who rushed to the front was still the Birthal Breath Realm monk, after all, he was able to use the natal magic weapon to fly, and his speed was naturally much faster than that of the Fu Qi Stage monk.

However, this time, without waiting for these Wild Goose Country Fetal Breath Realm to rush in, the Liu Country Fetal Rest Realm monks also soared into the sky to meet them, and directly collided with the enemy who was rushing straight in the sky.

The scene of hundreds of fetal realm monks fighting together looked very shocking.

Just when Shi Yi was yearning for it, a familiar figure appeared in the battle group, although it was not real because of the distance, but Shi Yi was sure that that figure was Shang Ge.