Traveling Between Two Worlds: From Bread for Maids to Fantasy Overlord

Dust billowed across the training grounds of Yiming Village, accompanied by deafening shouts of battle. Qin Hu, panting heavily in his training clothes, brandished his iron rod and yelled at the guards, "Train harder, all of you! Your punches must be fast! Your kicks must be powerful! Only by becoming strong can we protect Yiming Village, and protect the village chief and the three young ladies!"

The refugees and rogue cultivators in the guard team stood in neat rows, practicing the basic body-refining techniques taught by Huang Yiming while coordinating with military drill movements. Despite being drenched in sweat, not a single person slacked off. The training over this period had significantly improved their physical strength and spiritual energy circulation, making them no longer the carefree individuals they once were.

Looking at the results of everyone's training, Qin Hu smiled smugly and couldn't help but join the group, swinging his iron rod and practicing body-refining techniques. Although he had always followed Huang Yiming, his cultivation was slow due to the lack of spiritual roots, and he could only improve his strength through body-refining techniques. He usually played the role of an assistant, and always felt somewhat inferior, wanting to share more of Huang Yiming's burden.

"Brother Tiger, your body-refining technique is still so clumsy. How about I teach you?" A rogue cultivator teased with a smile—he used to be a low-level cultivator, and his body-refining technique was quite good.

Qin Hu blushed and said angrily, "Bullshit! This is my own body-refining technique, much more powerful than yours! If you dare to tease me again, I'll punish you by making you move spirit herbs for a day!" As he spoke, he swung the stick even harder, but due to his disordered breathing, he slipped and fell heavily to the ground, and the iron stick flew out of his hand.

The guards couldn't help but laugh. Qin Hu got up, dusted himself off, and stubbornly said, "I fell on purpose to test the ground's hardness, so you guys wouldn't get hurt during training!"

Just then, Huang Yiming, Qin Yuling, Yang Xiu, and Su Qingyue walked over and laughed when they saw the scene. Su Qingyue teased, "Qin Hu, your testing method is too special, isn't it? If you fall again, your body won't be strengthened, but it will fall apart."

Qin Hu blushed even more, scratched his head, and said embarrassedly, "Brother Ming, ladies, I just want to cultivate properly and improve my strength so I can help you out. I don't want to keep holding you back."

Huang Yiming patted him on the shoulder: "Silly boy, you've done a great job. The guard team is where it is today because of you. It doesn't matter if you don't have spiritual roots. If you cultivate your body refining technique to the extreme, you can still defeat cultivators."

As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Hu suddenly trembled, a faint fluctuation of spiritual energy emanating from his body, and a warm sensation coming from his dantian. He looked puzzled and said, "Brother Ming, I... I feel a warmth in my dantian, like something is about to come out."

Huang Yiming's eyes lit up, and he quickly said, "Don't move around. Circulate the basic body-refining technique I taught you, guide the spiritual energy within your body, and don't resist!"

Qin Hu immediately did as instructed, closing his eyes and circulating his body-refining technique to guide the warm energy. A moment later, he trembled again, and a faint yet clear surge of spiritual energy welled up from his dantian, enveloping his body. Suddenly, a system notification sounded: [Detection indicates a weak spiritual root has been activated within Qin Hu's body. This is a mortal spiritual root, allowing him to cultivate basic body-refining techniques and low-level immortal cultivation methods. Congratulations, host, you have gained auxiliary combat power.]

"Spiritual root! Brother Tiger, you've activated your spiritual root!" Yang Xiu cheered first, her eyes filled with surprise. Qin Yuling nodded as well, her eyes full of approval: "I didn't expect you to actually have a spiritual root, it just wasn't activated before, that's great."

Qin Hu opened his eyes, sensing the spiritual energy around him. His face was filled with disbelief. He reached out and touched his dantian, excitedly saying, "I... I have spiritual roots? I can cultivate immortality too? Brother Ming, is this real? Am I dreaming?"

Huang Yiming smiled and nodded: "It's true, you've activated your mortal spiritual root. Although it's only a low-level spiritual root, as long as you cultivate diligently and combine it with body-refining techniques, your strength will definitely increase significantly, and you'll no longer be the reckless man you used to be."

Qin Hu was so moved that tears welled up in his eyes. He bowed deeply to Huang Yiming and said firmly, "Brother Ming, thank you! I will definitely cultivate diligently and never let you down. From now on, I will protect you and the three girls, safeguard Yiming Village, and never let you down again!"

"Get up." Huang Yiming helped him up and said with a smile, "I'll find you a low-level cultivation technique and a bottle of high-level nutrient solution to help stabilize your spiritual root and speed up your cultivation progress."

Afterwards, Huang Yiming found Qin Hu the "Basic Cultivation Manual" and handed him a bottle of high-grade nutrient solution. Qin Hu eagerly drank the nutrient solution and began cultivating by circulating his technique. Although the cultivation speed of a mortal spiritual root was not fast, he was very diligent, and the spiritual energy around him was slowly but steadily increasing.

Upon seeing this, the guards rushed forward to congratulate him, their voices filled with envy: "Brother Tiger, congratulations on activating your spiritual root! From now on, we'll cultivate alongside you and protect Yiming Village together!"

While cultivating, Qin Hu replied with a smile, "Alright! From now on, let's work hard together, cultivate diligently, and no one is allowed to slack off. Let's strive to become the core fighting force of Yiming Village as soon as possible!"

Huang Yiming watched Qin Hu diligently cultivating, a smile of approval appearing in his eyes. Although Qin Hu was impulsive, he was utterly loyal, and now that his spiritual root had been activated, he was undoubtedly a great asset to Yiming Village. With Qin Hu, Qin Yuling, Yang Xiu, and Su Qingyue by his side, plus his own forces, he was confident he could contend with even if the Qingyun Sect Master himself came.

Just then, Su Qingyue's phone rang. She answered, her face instantly darkening. Hanging up, she said anxiously, "Yiming, something terrible has happened! Something's happened in the city—my sister's company has been falsely accused of tax evasion, their accounts have been frozen, and their goods have been seized. They're also spreading rumors that our company's jewelry and medicinal herbs are counterfeit, causing customers to cancel contracts and resulting in huge losses!"

Huang Yiming's eyes turned cold, and his spiritual energy instantly turned icy. He hadn't expected his business rivals in the city to be so insidious, secretly sabotaging Su Qingyue's company while he was dealing with the crisis of the Qingyun Sect in the fantasy world.

"Yu Ling, I'm leaving things here to you. Continue to strengthen the defenses within the stronghold, keep a close eye on the movements of the Qingyun Sect, and investigate that undercover agent as soon as possible; Yang Xiu, assist Yu Ling in using your hidden spiritual root to sense the fluctuations of spiritual energy in the surrounding area to prevent the Qingyun Sect from launching a sneak attack; Qin Hu, continue your cultivation and at the same time train the guard team well, without the slightest slackening." Huang Yiming instructed firmly.

"Yes!" everyone responded in unison.

Huang Yiming looked at Su Qingyue and said gently, "Qingyue, don't worry, I'll go back to the city with you now and I'll definitely help you resolve this crisis and make those who framed you pay a heavy price."

Su Qingyue nodded, her eyes filled with gratitude: "Yiming, thank you. With you here, I feel at ease."

Huang Yiming, holding Su Qingyue's hand, activated the system's function to open the dual-realm passage, and vanished from the martial arts arena in a flash. Unbeknownst to them, after their departure, the imprisoned Qingyun Sect spy broke free and secretly sent a message to the Qingyun Sect elders; Qin Hu also noticed something amiss during his cultivation—a rogue cultivator within the stronghold exuded a strange aura, seemingly spying on his cultivation.