
strawberrymatchalatte:
Hello, I need to ask a question; this board is active, so hopefully someone can give me an answer.
What was the timespan of the story? I'm having trouble pinpoint how much time has passed. And how old are these characters if we are talking normal human ages?
I'm not sure if this was what you were looking for, but here's some more posts about the character ages.
From liddi:
As such, Feng Long appeared to have studied together with Jing, but does not imply that they were of similar ages. My interpretation is that he learnt the ropes of the business world with and from Jing, hence his statement that Jing was his teacher as well as his friend.
I don't think the novel ever mentioned how much older Jing is from Xiao Yao. However, in Ep26 of the drama, when Jing called her "older sister", Xiao Yao blustered and said that Jing was older than her by over 100 years old "你比我大上百岁呢". In addition, Jing mentioned that he and Hou had a good brother relationship for over 400 years before he was ambushed, so what Xiao Yao said tallies.
In which case, Jing would be older than Feng Long by almost 180 years, if not more.
Based on age, Xiang Liu is the oldest (he had already survived the death match arena, escaped to the North Pole for over 100 years, before returning and living as Fangfeng Bei for 400 years. As such, he would most likely be older than Jing by at least 300 years.
So in terms of age, Xiang Liu is the oldest, followed by Jing, then Xiao Yao and Cang Xuan (similar ages), with Feng Long being the youngest.
https://kisskh.at/discussions/lost-you-forever/110123-xl-and-xy-story-and-romance-warning-spoilers?pid=2997161&page=529#p2997161
From AH:
With that knowledge, XY also estimated in chapter 23 that XL would have escaped from the death match arena between 500 and 600 years prior.
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Koala's translation of chapter 23:
Xiao Yao watched his departing figure and suddenly thought about five or six hundred years ago when Xiang Liu escaped the slave death match arena. He ought to have been a young man just like him [Left Ear], but already so world-weary and beaten down, so broken and battered. But like a newborn baby, whatever and whomever he encountered would direct the course of his life going forward.
But…. she wasn’t even born yet back then!
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I wonder how old XL was when he entered the death match arena? I assume he was old enough to have cultivated a humanoid form. Maybe somewhere in the realm of 200? And I wonder how long he was there before he escaped? My gut feeling has always been that he was there for years, but not as long as Left Ear (since XL left by escaping and was pursued, while Left Ear endured for 40 years as part of a bargain for his freedom).
https://kisskh.at/discussions/lost-you-forever/110123-xl-and-xy-story-and-romance-warning-spoilers?pid=2997295&page=530#p2997295
From H19279
Tushan Zhen was born in chapter 26. Then XY engaged with FL in chapter 28. Engagement time was about 6.5 years until the marriage. Then 1 month in QS and XY returned to meet Jing. Did it take about 2 years until TSH and FFYY was caught? Jing waited for 3 years until he proposed XY + 42 years of engagement + 7 year missing = ~60 years (deity age)
XY stayed in Jade mountain for 70 years, thus when she left Jade Mountain, she was older than 80 years old. And she was still a kid at that time.
Therefore, Tu Shan Zhen was still a kid by the time TSJ married XY
https://kisskh.at/discussions/lost-you-forever/110123-xl-and-xy-story-and-romance-warning-spoilers?pid=2904445&page=421#p2904445