Cultivation: I have an equipment slot

Chapter 1 Qingheng Sect Transmission Jade Slip
"I never expected that I would have a low-grade spiritual root."

Tianmu Mountains.

Qingheng Mountain.

The Qingheng School.

In a medicinal herb garden, a boy who looked to be about thirteen or fourteen years old wore a melancholy expression that was beyond his years.

Zhang Yan is a newly recruited miscellaneous disciple of the Qingheng Sect.

Having just entered the Qingheng Sect, and not yet begun cultivation, because the three spiritual roots of metal, water, and wood are all low-grade spiritual roots, they were sent to the Spirit Plant Garden.

"Cultivating immortality is difficult too!" Looking at the spiritual plant garden, which consisted of only a medicinal herb garden and two thatched huts, Zhang Yan couldn't help but feel a toothache. In his previous life, he studied desperately so that he wouldn't have to farm. Unexpectedly, he accidentally enrolled in an agricultural university. After working hard for twenty years, he no longer had to work in the fields under the sun and wind every day. But unexpectedly, he woke up one day to find himself transmigrated and given the fate of farming again.

Farming before working hard, and farming again after working hard.

I farmed before I transmigrated, and I still farm after I transmigrated!

Then wasn't all his hard work for nothing? Wasn't his time travel for nothing?
"Squeak~"

Just as Zhang Yan was pondering, he suddenly heard the sound of a door being pushed open, and then a hunched old man walked out of a wooden house.

The old man looked very old, about sixty or seventy years old. He was wearing a tattered Taoist robe that had been washed until it was somewhat faded. There were three or five bulging brocade pouches tied around his waist, and it was unclear what they contained.

He walked out the door, looked up and sized up Zhang Yan, and then asked a question.

"Are you a new disciple?"

"Young man Zhang Yan, may I ask your name?" Although he was just an unknown old Taoist priest, Zhang Yan was a newcomer after all, so he immediately put on an obedient act.

"You can call me Old Lin."

"Yes, Mr. Lin."

"We're all just menial disciples, no need to be so polite. Just remember to complete your tasks on time from now on." Perhaps because of his good nature, or perhaps because he saw that Zhang Yan was obedient and well-behaved, Elder Lin's attitude was quite good.

"What are our tasks?"

"We are spirit plant growers, responsible for spirit plants. Our spirit plant garden is responsible for the sowing and harvesting of 100 acres of low-grade spirit fields. The products produced in the spirit fields account for 70% of the total output."

"Why is it only 70%?"

"Seventy percent goes to the sect, and we can only get thirty percent!" Elder Lin glared at Zhang Yan, then said, "Don't think thirty percent is too little. Even so, many people would beg for it but can't get it. Only we, as sect cultivators, can receive such good treatment."

“According to the regulations, the number of spirit fields managed by the Spirit Plant Garden is based on the number of spirit plant growers in the garden. You haven’t started cultivating yet, so you’ll be helping me out. When it’s harvest time, I’ll give you half a percent.” Old Lin stroked his snow-white beard and looked at Zhang Yan with a smile.

"Okay, thank you very much, Mr. Lin."

Half-finished.

This number is pitifully small.

But there was no other way; he wasn't a spirit plant master anymore and didn't have his own spirit field, so he could only follow behind Elder Lin as an apprentice.

"Good, a promising young man!" Seeing Zhang Yan agree, Elder Lin nodded in satisfaction, then casually took out a jade slip from his brocade pouch and handed it over.

"These are two cultivation techniques practiced in our Spirit Plant Garden. Since you were sent here, you must possess a wood spirit root," Elder Lin said to Zhang Yan.

"Thank you, Elder Lin." Upon hearing that it was a cultivation technique, Zhang Yan quickly took the jade slip.

But who would have thought.

The moment he touched the jade slip.

A notification suddenly appeared in front of me.

[Name]: Jade Slip for Transmitting Skills
[Quality]: Gray
[Equipment Effect]: Changchun Gong (Minor Success)

[Equipped?]

"This is..." "A cheat code!"

After confirming that Elder Lin could not see the notification, Zhang Yan couldn't help but swallow hard.

Goldfinger!
His magic touch has finally arrived!
"Alright, seeing how excited you are, you should go back to your room and study the cultivation technique properly!" Old Lin assumed that Zhang Yan's behavior was simply due to his excitement at obtaining the technique.

In fact, this is normal.

Thinking back to decades ago, he felt just as excited when he first obtained the cultivation technique.

Only after the excitement subsided and reality set in did he realize that it was ultimately difficult for a menial disciple to rise in the ranks, and he himself had been working in this small spiritual plant garden for decades.

"Alright, thank you, Elder Lin." Zhang Yan bowed deeply, then took the jade slip and quickly entered the spirit plant garden, to the smaller wooden house.

Opening the wooden cabin, you'll find it fully equipped, with not only bedding, but also pots, pans, tables, chairs, and benches—everything is there.

However, he didn't care about any of that and looked at the jade slip in his hand.

"equipment!"

Zhang Yan was so excited that his voice trembled slightly.

A moment.

The jade slip in his hand disappeared.

Meanwhile, various insights emerged in his mind.

"I see."

Zhang Yan murmured to himself; he now fully understood what was going on.

Do not you know why.

After he transmigrated to this world, he found himself with an extra equipment slot.

This equipment slot allows him to see the quality and characteristics of the equipment, and he can gain the bonus of the equipment's characteristics by equipping it.

Take, for example, this jade slip of his.

After equipping it, you will immediately gain the effect of completing the "Changchun Gong" skill to a minor level.

Although the effect will disappear after removing the equipment, it will still allow him to comprehend the technique and quickly master it.

"I just don't know what exactly qualifies as equipment." Zhang Yan frowned. This jade slip is considered a magical artifact. If all so-called equipment is magical artifact, then he'll probably have a hard time finding a second piece of equipment in the short term.

"Never mind, I'd better start cultivating."

"Cultivation and earning spirit stones are things to worry about later." With that thought, Zhang Yan tidied up his room briefly, then sat cross-legged on a futon to cultivate in peace.

At the very beginning, he fell silent, and with each breath, spiritual energy seemed to gather.

This is the effect of achieving a minor success in Changchun Gong.

His aptitude is relatively poor. He has three spiritual roots: metal, water, and wood, and his spiritual energy perception is only at the low grade. Logically speaking, his cultivation speed should not be very fast. However, even a genius may have to start from scratch when cultivating a technique. He has already achieved minor success in the Everlasting Spring Technique.

It can speed up his spiritual energy refining process.

However, this acceleration effect is only temporary. It will disappear once he removes his equipment. In fact, once those geniuses have mastered their techniques, his cultivation speed will be far surpassed.

Regardless of the circumstances, at least for now, Zhang Yan holds the advantage. Putting aside everything else, his current cultivation speed is probably no slower than that of a mid-grade spiritual root.

After all, among his three spiritual roots, the wood element has the highest sensitivity to spiritual energy, and it is only a step away from becoming a mid-grade spiritual root. Now, with the support of cultivation techniques, he will definitely not fall into a disadvantageous position in the short term.

As for what happens in the future, that depends on individual circumstances.

(End of this chapter)