Cultivation: I have an equipment slot

Chapter 2: The Second Piece of the Spirit Hoe

early morning.

As the sun rose, a ray of dawn pierced through the clouds and through the window, falling upon Zhang Yan and illuminating him with a dazzling light, making him appear sacred and inviolable, like a banished immortal.

His eyelashes trembled slightly as he opened his eyes, exhaling a breath of stale air. Zhang Yan's eyes seemed to brighten even more.

"After a whole night of practice, I've only gained a trace of spiritual energy. I don't know when I'll reach the true Qi Refining stage." Although he had been cultivating all night, Zhang Yan wasn't tired at all; in fact, he felt refreshed.

He became even more excited when he felt a warm gas moving through his body.

Cultivating Qi and Immortality.

To enter the Qi Refining stage, one needs to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, refine it into magical power, and then open up the acupoints and meridians. The human body has twelve major meridians, and each time a layer is opened, one's strength will increase.

When all twelve meridians are opened, that is the Great Perfection of Qi Refining. Moreover, because all twelve major meridians are opened, along with the entire body, the strength is many times higher than that of an ordinary Qi Refining stage cultivator.

Zhang Yan has now achieved the level of Qi Refining as smooth as silk. Based on his current progress, he may become a true Qi Refining cultivator in less than half a year.

"bang bang bang"

Just as I was pondering this, there was a knock on the door.

"Get up and work!"

"coming!"

Upon hearing Elder Lin's voice, Zhang Yan immediately got up, tidied his clothes, and went outside.

"Today you'll be in charge of hoeing and weeding."

Old Lin was still wearing that tattered Taoist robe. Although he was smiling, the deep wrinkles on his face made him look rather uncomfortable.

"Yes, Elder Lin," Zhang Che nodded in response.

Although he and Elder Lin were nominally both disciples of the Spirit Plant Garden, there was no distinction of rank between them.

In reality, Zhang Yan had to obey Elder Lin's orders; otherwise, he might not even earn a single spirit stone and would have to wait until he reached the Qi Refining stage to apply for a spirit field and plant spirit rice to earn spirit stones.

Following Elder Lin now might be a bit tiring, but it will earn you spirit stones and allow you to learn from his experience. Such a good thing is hard to find even with a lantern.

"Alright, let's go." Old Lin was very satisfied with Zhang Yan's attitude.

"There are tens of thousands of spirit plant gardens like ours in the Qingheng Sect, and the number of spirit fields we own is countless. It can be said that in the Qingheng Mountains, our Qingheng Sect is the sky!"

"Being able to join the Qingheng Sect is a blessing from your past life. Although your aptitude is a bit lacking, don't be discouraged. Accumulate more spirit stones, and maybe your aptitude will improve when you get married and have a child."

"To be honest, this old man had a daughter before. She has a mid-grade spiritual root and is currently an inner disciple of our Qingheng Sect. She has the potential to reach Foundation Establishment in the future!"

As he spoke of this, Old Lin's eyes lit up, and his tone became more cheerful.

"An inner disciple!"

Zhang Yan's face showed envy.

This is not pretending.

It wasn't that I was envious, but rather that I genuinely envied them.

The disciples of the Qingheng Sect are divided into outer disciples, inner disciples, and true disciples.

If we compare a sect to a company, then the elders and deacons are the managers who can reap huge profits, while the true disciples are the management trainees who receive all the necessary training.

The inner disciples are like middle-level managers in the company; the upper-level managers get the meat, while they get the soup.

Outer disciples, on the other hand, are the most basic staff.

Do the hardest and most tiring work, and get the least reward.

They don't even get any benefits. After all, the company still pays their salaries, but as outer disciples, the sect not only doesn't pay them, it also exploits them.

For example, they work hard in the Spirit Plant Garden for a year, and 70% of their earnings are handed over to the sect, while the remaining 30% is theirs.

This shows that for the Qingheng Sect, true disciples are their top priority, while inner disciples are left to their own devices; it's best if they produce results, but it doesn't matter if they don't.

Outer disciples, like Zhang Yan, were purely objects of exploitation.

Tragically, even so, many people don't even have the right to be exploited. Zhang Yan felt deeply helpless about this.

However, since we can't change the rules, we should try to adapt to them.

Let's set a small goal first: once I enter the Qi Refining stage, I'll contract two hundred acres of spirit fields and make a fortune!
The spiritual fields that Mr. Lin contracted were not far from their plantation.

After passing through lush forests and overgrown paths, they finally arrived at a sacred field.

now.

It is summer.

Under the scorching sun, a gentle breeze blows, and the green rice paddies ripple like waves, one after another, endlessly, creating a very comfortable sight.

"I have contracted this entire area of ​​spiritual fields."

"You better learn from me properly, and once you've mastered it, at least you'll have a basic guarantee."

Seeing Zhang Yan's shocked expression, Old Lin revealed a smug look on his face.

Although his cultivation level is not high.

But he has a real talent for cultivation.

Otherwise, given his cultivation level and aptitude, he wouldn't have been able to marry and have children at the Qingheng Sect.

"Your job today is to weed. This spiritual field is rich in spiritual energy, but weeds grow here and compete with the spiritual rice for it. You just need to remove the weeds from the spiritual field." As he spoke, Elder Lin corrected him, showing him what weeds were and what spiritual rice was.

These weeds grow quite similarly to the sacred rice; if you don't look closely, you might easily mistake one for the other.

As he spoke, he casually pulled two weeds from the spirit field.

"These weeds have absorbed spiritual energy. After you remove them, be sure to throw them by the roadside, not into the spiritual field. Otherwise, they will grow back overnight."

"Yes, Elder Lin!"

Zhang Yan nodded.

Then he reached out to pull the weeds.

"Ok?"

The weeds weren't tall, but Zhang Yan tried pulling them several times without being able to budge them.

“The roots of these weeds often extend dozens of meters. You can’t pull them out like this. Just cut them with this hoe.” Seeing this, Old Lin patted the storage bag at his waist.

Then a hoe appeared in his hand and he handed it to Zhang Yan.

"Thank you, Elder Lin." Zhang Yan sighed, "The world of cultivation is indeed magnificent."

Even a simple weed stumped him.

"Okay, you do a good job. I'll go water the plants first." Old Lin handed over the hoe and turned to leave.

Zhang Yan didn't speak, he just stared at the hoe in his hand.

He was wondering yesterday when he would encounter the next piece of equipment.

But to his surprise, he encountered a second piece of equipment in just one day.

【Name】: Scoop
[Quality]: Gray
[Equipment Effects]: Sharpness, Minor Success in Spirit Plant Cultivation, Spirit Plant Identification

"This……"

"It's also a piece of equipment!"

Upon seeing the spirit hoe in his hand, Zhang Yan's eyes widened. Moreover, this equipment actually had three effects.

Sharpness: Your magical artifacts and attacks gain a Sharpness effect.

Minor Success in Spirit Plant Cultivation: You are now barely a beginner spirit plant cultivator!

Plant Identification: You can now identify ordinary plants.

(End of this chapter)