"Reader, don't be alarmed, for in what follows thirty-six stars of Heavenly Spirits come to earth and seventy-two stars of Earthly Fiends appear among men." Chapter 1, pg. 25

"Bandits have built a fort on the mountain. They've six or seven hundred men and over a hundred good horses." Chapter 2, pg. 48

"Get my horse. I'm going to attack Shi Family Village, then I'm going to take Huayin." Chapter 2, pg. 51

"Today our younger brother Chen Da went against our advice. He offended Your Excellency and has been locked up in your honorable manor. Since we have no way to save him, we've come to die with him." Chapter 2, pg. 55

"Instructor Wang, my arms teacher, is attached to a border garrison west of the Pass. I've been intending to seek him out, but because my father died I was unable to leave. Now that the manor is ruined, there's nothing to keep...