Where would the Xiuchun Blade rank?
Bai Xiaosheng had never considered that question.
Leaving aside the fact that the Xiuchun Blade was the Jinyiwei's extremely common standard-issue weapon, Lin Lang's status as a government official alone meant he would not rank it.
"Lord Lin, the Weapons Ranking only ranks weapons within Jianghu. You are a government official, and I know too little about you to rank you."
It was not just his Weapons Ranking. No ranking compiled by anyone else in Jianghu had ever included government officials either.
Lin Lang sneered. "You don't know my strength? Then why don't we have a spar? Wouldn't that tell you where I rank?"
There were always people in Jianghu whose martial arts amounted to little, yet who enjoyed considerable fame.
Some owed it to money, others to powerful brothers and friends. Some had accomplished something significant, while others had simply been praised to the skies.
In Lin Lang's eyes, Bai Xiaosheng belonged entirely to that last category.
The only thing he had done that anyone knew about was compiling a less-than-fair Weapons Ranking.
But the Weapons Ranking had made a big splash, and with Northern Shaolin, the Wudang Sect, and even the imperial court of the time promoting it, it had quickly become wildly popular, sending Bai Xiaosheng's fame soaring along with it.
His strength, however, did not remotely match that fame.
Yet Bai Xiaosheng enjoyed good relations with the leaders of many sects and the like. Perhaps they hoped he would place them higher the next time he compiled his ranking.
Some even called Bai Xiaosheng the wisest man in Jianghu, someone who knew everyone and everything, with an exceptionally lofty standing.
Perhaps Bai Xiaosheng also had an organization behind him.
Perhaps this Weapons Ranking served other purposes as well.
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