Northern Shaolin, Prajna Hall.
Xinhu, Xinmei, and several of their fellow disciples sat together, drinking tea with Bai Xiaosheng.
Abbot Fang Zheng had entered seclusion to attempt a breakthrough to Great Grandmaster. Northern Shaolin's affairs were now managed by Xinhu, while Xinmei temporarily oversaw Prajna Hall.
Xinhu personally poured Bai Xiaosheng a cup of tea. "This time, Northern Shaolin will set aside a hall especially for you to assess experts from throughout Jianghu and revise the Weapons Ranking."
"Our disciples are not skilled with weapons, so we will not participate."
Bai Xiaosheng chuckled. "Not a single one? Then Northern Shaolin will have no one on the Weapons Ranking, just like before. People will inevitably think me unfair."
His previous Weapons Ranking had contained no one from Northern Shaolin, but he knew perfectly well that many here qualified.
Even under his rule that entrants must use weapons, more than one person qualified.
For practitioners of the Kasaya Subduing Demon Skill, their kasaya was a weapon. Dharma Hall had the Dharma Sword Technique, Bodhi Hall had several saber techniques, and there were also Arhat Hall's staff techniques, along with various other staff arts.
Even demon-subduing pestles, vajra whips, sweeping brooms, and prayer beads had their own specialized martial arts, with no shortage of Grandmasters among their practitioners.
Anyone who did not truly understand Northern Shaolin could never imagine how deep its foundations ran.
Many people scorned his Weapons Ranking and considered it unfair, not merely because it excluded women and multiple practitioners of the same weapon from the same school, but because they believed he had concealed many experts on behalf of prestigious sects.
Xinhu exchanged a glance with Xinmei. "Then select a practitioner of the Frenzied Demon Staff Technique for the ranking, Elder Bai. Hopefully, he qualifies for last place."
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