Here we present the terms that appear the most in the novel. Lesser used terms will be placed in footnotes.

[Surname] - xiong: form of address used between male friends or acquaintances.

Daoyou: Treatment used among fellow cultivators.

Xiaoyou: Treatment used among younger fellow growers.

Xianzhang: Treatment used by common people for cultivators.

Qianbei: senior cultivator.

Zongzhu: The leader of a cultivation sect or clan or the leader of a martial organization.

Shishu: - Younger uncle, younger martial brother of Shifu;

Shidi: Martial younger brother.

Shixiong: Martial older brother.

Cun: Chinese inch, corresponds to 3.33 cm.

Chi: Traditional unit of length, equivalent to one-third of a meter or 33.3333 cm.

Li: traditional unit of length, equivalent to 0.5 km.

Zhang: traditional unit of length, equivalent to 3.3333 m.

shí: period of 2 hours.

xiǎoshí: a period of 1 hour.

The day is divided into 12 shí, named as follows:

zǐ (子, mouse time) - 23:00 - 01:00

chǒu (丑, buffalo time) – 01:00 – 03:00

yín (寅, time of the tiger) - 03:00 - 05:00

mǎo (卯, rabbit time) - 05:00 - 07:00

chén (辰, hour of the dragon) - 07:00 - 09:00

si (巳, serpent time) - 9:00 - 11:00

wǔ (午, horse time) - 11:00 - 13:00

hwèi (未, goat time) - 13:00 - 15:00

hshēn (申, monkey time) - 15:00 -17:00

hyu (酉, rooster time) - 17:00 - 19:00

hxū (戌, dog time) - 19:00 - 21:00

hài (亥, pig time) - 21:00 - 23:00

The burning time of an incense: normally considered as 30 minutes

Meal time: 30 to 35 minutes

The time for a cup of tea: about 10-15 minutes (time to brew tea and drink)

The time of one breath: 2 to 3 seconds

Other terms:

Qi: the vital energy, we consider it to be concentrated in the spiritual core of the cultivator and distributed throughout the body through the acupuncture meridians. It can be embedded in objects and used to make enchantments and spells in this novel.

Qinggong: Chinese martial art that usually appears in dramas and novels, means Light Martial Arts, in this case the user makes his body light as air, being able to run at high speed, walk without making noise, jump great heights and even float for a period of time. time. In this novel, however, cultivators use qinggong to get more speed and prefer to fly over swords or in the case of good Meng Fei who doesn't have a sword, he uses a floating platform array.

Qiankun: bags or sleeves with dimensional internal pockets, which store a wide variety of items of varying sizes but remain the same on the outside. I needed one of these...