> Any hint on the time frame? Has he been doing this before the Battle of Shuhu or only started afterwards?
None. Fandom tends to assume it happened after getting triggered by Baiheng's death. But it's possible they were doing this research even before that.
See: Middle-Aged Voice: If your people knew that you had brought me here, there would be great unrest. Voice of High Elder: They will never know. Keep quiet, Yingxing — this will make us even. I will give you two hours — research what you can. Remember — two hours. Middle-Aged Voice: I'm a short-life species, do you think two hours isn't enough? It will be done. Voice of High Elder: Hmph...
> Does this apply for the titles of the Quintet involved? Since Jingliu mentioned both Baiheng's name and her title and Yanqing was still like "uuuuuuh...."
Depends on how much historical fiction Yanqing has been reading in his spare time, I guess, since that's the only source of this info anymore. (The names in question having been censored from official records.)
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None. Fandom tends to assume it happened after getting triggered by Baiheng's death. But it's possible they were doing this research even before that.
See:
Middle-Aged Voice: If your people knew that you had brought me here, there would be great unrest.
Voice of High Elder: They will never know. Keep quiet, Yingxing — this will make us even. I will give you two hours — research what you can. Remember — two hours.
Middle-Aged Voice: I'm a short-life species, do you think two hours isn't enough? It will be done.
Voice of High Elder: Hmph...
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中年的声音：你带我来这儿，教你的族人知道，就麻烦大了。
龙尊的声音：他们不会知道。闭嘴，应星，现在你我扯平了。给你一个时辰，尽你所能地研究吧。记住，只有一个时辰。
中年的声音：我可是短生种啊，你觉得一个时辰很少？对我来说，那就足够了。
龙尊的声音：哼……
> Does this apply for the titles of the Quintet involved? Since Jingliu mentioned both Baiheng's name and her title and Yanqing was still like "uuuuuuh...."
Depends on how much historical fiction Yanqing has been reading in his spare time, I guess, since that's the only source of this info anymore. (The names in question having been censored from official records.)