There were only ten Inner Court slots.
This news left all the Fortified Village Disciples and children of the powerful and noble utterly dumbfounded.
Before entering the Martial Academy, they had learned of the reforms and joined forces, intending to monopolize all the academy's resources.
The result:
Once they truly entered the Martial Academy and heard the Martial Masters' instructions, they were completely stunned.
Ten Inner Court slots.
They... had not entered the Inner Court... which meant they were Outer Court students.
At that moment:
They were furious and unwilling to accept it.
When Sister Lan learned that she had to remain in the Outer Court, she trembled with rage.
"How is this possible? Not a single Fortified Village Disciple can enter the Inner Court?"
A Martial Master nodded.
Sister Lan asked in a trembling voice, "Then... who has occupied the Inner Court slots?"
The Martial Master sighed. "Most of them are Prefecture Noble Family Disciples."
The many children of fortified villages and noble families ground their teeth in hatred.
The Martial Master added, "And one of them is a Linen-Clad Barefoot Youth!"
Everyone stared, dumbstruck.
A mud-legged peasant in linen and bare feet could enter the Inner Court?
The Inner Court and Outer Court had no walls between them, only one invisible rule after another, along with a Circular Stone Tower.
The stone structure had nine floors and covered five or six mu. In its center was a courtyard about one mu in size, its structure similar to the earth towers of Chu Qing's previous life.
The Vice Principal led Chu Qing through a special passage.
The passage was narrow, only one meter wide, and located inside the stone tower.
"Many Inner Court students only reach the top of the stone tower twice in their lives."
"The first time