Okay, so looking at Way of the Earthquake, this is how I see it. Every character starts off at Rank 1, and buys stuff from the rank 1 table to advance to rank 2. Spending 16xp gets you to rank 2, at which point you can purchase stuff on the rank 2 table to get to rank 3. You would be able to buy Way of the Earthquake, since you are school rank 2 at the point at which you can buy it.<br/><br/>Once you have spent a further 20xp, you go to rank 3.<br/><br/>On first impressions, this seems to indicate fairly quick leveling up, even if the GM is supposed to give out 2xp per session.