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This is a pretty straightforward and easy reading novel so far. I'd currently (chapter 25) categorize it as a chill (maybe even shallow) survival/slice of life in a rural ancient currently low cultivation setting. Like the name says, our protagonist Lu Qing has the ability to identify objects. He gets a few lines describing what they're good for. He can also see a sort of item quality aura, so far he's seen gray (lowest) white (mid) and red (high.) He can also see this aura around people which allows him to identify a local cultivator. We've also gotten peeks of other abilities, it appears he might be able to copy other's martial arts by viewing them and download/memorize the contents of books.Speaking of cultivators, the setting is in a cultivation world. We don't know how widespread or advanced cultivation can get yet as we only know what Lu Qing knows and he's living in backwater rural village filled with fellow mortal peasants. The current plot is mostly focused on day-to-day survival as he recovered from a bad illness when he transmigrated into the current body and has a young sister to take care of. Their parents are dead and the two don't have any other relatives so naturally his first priority is to make sure they are able to survive and work to improve their situation. He starts with fishing which is not a common skill in their village and is aided by his system. He's currently trying to get closer to the town doctor by learning herb identification skills.Translation by The Noble farmer is fine. Dialogue can be a little stilted but it's easy to follow. The classic lazy/bad machine translation errors of pronouns all over the place / inconsistency with odd proper nouns / difficulty conveying more abstract ideas are thankfully absent.