First choice: Something similar to bamboo sticks, either equipted on One Hand And The other free or Dual wielding. I love using them but in A xianxia world they’d be rather lacking unless I can upgrade them
2nd choice: short sword And similar And like my first choice either Dual wielding or not + they don‘t even have to be the same kind of weapons. But dual wielding daggers And what not is extremly hard and I’m not flexible at dual wielding as one handed
3rd choice: one handed And shield
4th choice: My bodyparts. This is one of the most flexible with many different tricks And skills you can utilise And you won‘ t really be focused on a weapon in your hand. If you know what I mean 🤔
But overall if you‘ve mastered a weapon you can be as flexible as the Otters with advantages and disadvantages of course.
I can’t really judge for I’m no professional