An archery class at the archery hall lasts one hour.
After finishing his first lesson, Lu Yunhai felt somewhat overwhelmed, nearly losing his confidence as an archery instructor and beginning to doubt whether what he had learned over the years was correct.
In that hour, Ji Xinghuo made great progress.
But it could also be said that he made no progress at all.
The great progress refers to Ji Xinghuo's archery form becoming extremely standard after correction.
From posture and shooting steps to the technique of exerting force, as long as Lu Yunhai taught him once, he'd practice a few times by himself and then master it, never making a mistake again, and his archery speed also increased somewhat.
No progress, because during the process of correction and practice, every arrow Ji Xinghuo shot hit the ten ring, regardless of whether the form was wrong or right, he always hit the bulls-eye.
What's the first goal of archery?
It's to hit the target!
Since he always hit the bulls-eye, achieving a hundred shots and a hundred bull's-eyes, the question of whether the shooting form was standard became irrelevant.
For ordinary people, incorrect archery forms and exertion techniques, if persisted in, may cause some injury to the body over the long term.
But for a Ranger, the impact is trivial.
"I should have never signed you up for the course," Lu Yunhai regretted, "you only need to attend two or three lessons at most to fully master archery skills, the rest is just personal practice, developing muscle memory to increase the speed of shooting, extending the distance, and increasing the bow's poundage."
The content of a few lessons, he could have taught in his spare time, and it would have also saved a registration fee.
Ji Xinghuo understood Lu Yunhai's meaning and laughed, "It's okay, however you put it, I used the archery hall's facilities, consider it as if I've paid a usage fee."
"You're still unemployed, save where you can," Lu Yunhai shook his head.
Ji Xinghuo fell silent for a moment.
His finances were indeed tight, but for the time being there was no place where he needed a lot of money.
The welfare of the citizens in the Asia-Pacific Community is very good, and for unemployed citizens, regardless of whether they are adults, a support allowance is issued every month, plus some extra benefits during festivals, and there's no limit on the years, continuing until death.
The amount of financial assistance is not high, typically around 3,000 Ya Yuan.
If a citizen has made contributions to society and the nation, the support allowance can increase even more, but the vast majority can only receive the lowest tier.
3,000 Ya Yuan is sufficient for one person's daily necessities, and with some savings, there can still be a little left over every month.
Of course, this money is only enough for the most basic living, you won't starve, and you won't be homeless on the streets.
But there's no real pleasure in it.
If one wants to live a more comfortable life, satisfy hobbies and interests, pursue life goals, and want a variety of luxuries, then they must strive and struggle on their own.
However, there are also many people with very low material desires, who choose not to work for their whole lives, relying on the government's support.
Therefore, the unemployment rate in the Asia-Pacific Community has never fallen below 35%!
Fortunately, with today's advanced technology, productivity has increased dozens of times compared to two centuries ago; resources are plentiful, and not to mention supporting billions of citizens, even if there were tens of billions more, the Asian Communist Government could afford it. Supporting the non-working population has never accounted for a high proportion of the Asia-Pacific Community's fiscal spending.
Having received financial assistance since he was born, Ji Xinghuo hasn't been extravagant with his spending; his biggest monthly expenses are rent and food.
The rest of the money he saved, but it wasn't much.
He currently had just over seventy thousand Ya Yuan in savings.
If it were the past, this amount of money would definitely have been enough, but now that he had become a Mutant, if he wanted to advance further and faster on the path of life evolution, he had to consider how to earn money.
Cultivation for Mutants is extremely expensive, one could even say it burns money!
Purchasing Alien Species is just the basic expense.
With money, one can also hire an entire cultivation team to serve oneself.
The team would consist of a head coach, Martial Arts instructor, Ability instructor, and several sparring partners; a professional chef responsible for the diet, Pharmacists who assist in cultivation, Physical Therapy Recovery Masters for post-training, a personal doctor, and data analysts who constantly collect information about the Mutant's body, customizing cultivation plans and optimizing cultivation efficiency, and so on.
In addition, many large companies have developed targeted cultivation methods, large-scale equipment, as well as more profound and expensive support measures.
Purchasing Weapon Equipment is another major expense.
Cultivation for Mutants is like a bottomless pit, even with several billions, throwing it in might not even make much of a splash.
In short, Mutants must have money!
The reverse is also true, one has to be wealthy to become a powerful Mutant.
Actually, Ji Xinghuo had been considering how to make money recently.
For instance, utilizing his identity as a Mutant to apply for a well-paying job, but even if the salary for a Primary Level Mutant is high, it's not possible to earn a lot of money in a short amount of time.
"You continue practicing, I'm going to attend another class," Lu Yunhai said, seeing that Ji Xinghuo was silent, and patted his shoulder, "don't rush off later, let's have dinner together tonight, my treat!"
Ji Xinghuo watched his good friend depart, setting aside distractions, raised the Composite Bow and continued shooting.
After their training session, they left the archery hall together.
They had a sumptuous dinner at a nearby restaurant and drank several bottles of wine.
Although the two had graduated less than a month ago, the fact of actually leaving the campus and stepping into society brought forth an unexplained sense of sentimentality.
Ji Xinghuo and Lu Yunhai's alma mater was "Fengming Language University," a university specializing in language majors, teaching not only languages from around the world but also offering Star Realm Language courses, and in terms of comprehensive strength, it was far from the top universities, considered just a second-tier university in the nation.