As the years turned, the Golden Horse was about to arrive.
First, let me raise a cup to you all. May the Year of the Horse bring you great fortune; may you possess the vigor of dragon and horse, harbor ten-thousand-zhang hills and valleys within your hearts, see all you seek fulfilled, and find every road you walk smooth and open!
I imagine you have already noticed that the update pace of this humble work has returned from the former five thousand words a day to six thousand.
To keep writing without pause was my promise to this story; to spur my horse and raise my whip was my way of repaying you all. In the new year, I would surely give it everything I had, hoping only that you would continue to keep me company as we journey together toward the mountains and seas within this book.
My gratitude needed no words. Thank you!