"Sir, bad news. Look at this."
Jia Liu placed a booklet before Lin Lang.
"A new Weapons Ranking? Bai Xiaosheng is dead. Who published this new ranking?"
Jia Liu shook his head. "I don't know either. It seemed to appear out of thin air."
"It's not just in Capital City. Apparently, this new Weapons Ranking is circulating in many major cities."
"Some say it's Bai Xiaosheng's final work, compiled and distributed by Northern Shaolin. Others say his successor produced it."
Whoever it was, their organization had to be enormous to accomplish all this in such a short time.
Lin Lang opened it and leafed through it. First place still belonged to the Tianji Staff, wielded by Old Man Tianji.
Second was still Shangguan Jinhong's Mother-and-Child Dragon-Phoenix Rings, and third was the Little Li Fei Dagger. Lin Lang's Sun and Moon Sword ranked fourth, above the Songyang Iron Sword.
"Interesting. This ranking has quite a few more people than the last one-a hundred in total. The weakest is only at Master Peak, but the assessment says he has the potential to become a Grandmaster."
"Hm? This man's weapon is his fists. Is he just here to pad the numbers? Yet there still isn't a single woman on it."
Clearly, this Weapons Ranking was another attempt to stir up conflict.
Lin Lang had landed straight in fourth place. Many people would surely resent it, first among them Guo Songyang, the Songyang Iron Sword, whom he had displaced.
Many would probably refuse to accept it and feel compelled to challenge him.
But that was fine. If anyone wanted to come to their death, he would handle the killing, not the burial.
"Bring me a brush. I'll adjust this ranking."
Lin Lang quickly revised the ranking, then took it home.
"Five Poisons Child, deliver