Seeing Tang Wen look over, the young woman said, "I want to enter the Heaven Character Court directly too, but that's impossible. Everyone there is an expert. Most students spend over a decade studying and are still muddling along in the Earth Character Court."
"Aren't the Human, Earth, and Heaven Character Courts divided by years of study?" Tang Wen asked.
"Of course not. They're divided by knowledge and martial skill.
"For example, after studying for a few years, you can enter the Earth Character Court if you pass its examination. After studying there for a few years, you can take the Heaven Character Court's examination.
"If you pass, you can enter the Heaven Character Court. If you fail, you have to keep studying in the Earth Character Court.
"But the higher you go, the fewer people there are.
"Our academy has around fifty or sixty thousand students. The Human Character Court has the most, over forty thousand.
"The Earth Character Court has ten thousand, and the Heaven Character Court has only a few thousand left," Zhang Ying said.
"I heard that Luo Shen, Miss Luo Daimei, is in the Heaven Character Court?" Tang Wen asked.
"Haha, Brother Tang, are you yearning for Luo Shen?" Zhang Ying patted Tang Wen's shoulder and burst out laughing.
"Hehe, who doesn't yearn for a beauty? Don't you, Brother Zhang?" Tang Wen gave him a sidelong glance and smiled.
"I wouldn't dare! There's no point in yearning anyway.
"Unfortunately, I'm still muddling along in the Earth Character Court. I've been studying and practicing martial arts at the academy for ten years, and I've only seen Miss Luo Daimei once, from a distance.
"Ah... after I got back, I kept dreaming about her. I couldn't sleep properly for ages," Zhang Ying said with a laugh.
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