[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday":3,"chapter-the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-105":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Imperial Hound on an Eight-Hour Shift",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2225163,4113,"Chapter 105","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-105",105,"\u003Cp>Why is it that no matter how many dynasties have tried to suppress it, the inheritance of the Gu-poison arts can never be completely severed?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are two reasons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, where there is demand, there is a market.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a convenient tool for political maneuvering and a means of assassination—how could anyone let it disappear?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some people preserve a few seeds, and once the intensity of the suppression wanes, the inheritance naturally continues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second, it is the Miao people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not all Miao people can inherit the Gu-poison arts. Only the direct descendants of the twelve Miao clans are qualified to inherit them. Therefore, logically speaking, to eliminate Gu-poison, one only needs to eliminate the direct descendants of the twelve clans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But, as soon as the imperial forces arrive, they find themselves facing the resistance of all the Miao people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Miao border is naturally mountainous and deep, with the forests full of poisonous insects and miasma. The Miao people are accustomed to it, but the imperial army cannot push in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After clearing the perimeter and breaking a few mountain strongholds, it becomes difficult to continue. Once they dive into the forest, no one can do anything about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of these two points, what Li Miao thought of was \"to find an excuse that wouldn't unite the Miao people in shared hatred, and to find a group of people to target who wouldn't unite the Miao people in shared hatred.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Coincidentally, the major Southern Wu Lin faction that was schemed against by the Miao people here fits the bill quite well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right now, it is time to add more fuel to the fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Chief Lao, don't just stand there, go and fight for it too,\" Li Miao said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just try not to let too many people die; for the rest, follow my lead. Once this matter is concluded, there will be no shortage of benefits for your Beggar Sect.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, my lord.\" Lao Qifeng entered his role quite quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It must be said, the young people in this Jianghu, like Mei Qinghe and that young disciple from Huashan, all stiffened their necks the moment they saw Li Miao, putting on a posture of preferring death over submission.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whereas old Jianghu hands like Liu Baiyun, Lao Qifeng, and the sect leaders of Hengshan, Hengshan, and Songshan were, on the contrary, very sensible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They agreed immediately and started taking action right away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lao Qifeng flashed forward, striking toward the Kongtong sect leader with a \"Subduing Dragon's Regret.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Chief Lao, you!\" he exclaimed in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"With a divine art before us, let each rely on their own ability!\" Lao Qifeng summarized with a single sentence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, with a \"Divine Dragon Swings Its Tail,\" he backhanded a horizontal strike, pulling the Emei elder into the fray as well, fighting two against one, yet not falling behind in the slightest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as everyone was fighting with great fervor, the Qingcheng sect leader spotted an opening and secretly gave his disciple a look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The disciple understood, secretly took a small bag from his sleeve and untied it, and a wisp of powder drifted out, colorless and odorless, unnoticed by anyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Qingcheng sect leader looked around, and seeing that no one had noticed, he breathed a sigh of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately, he looked toward Li Miao and Yin Minjun, the only ones who hadn't joined the fray, and his pupils shrank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because at this moment, Li Miao was leaning against the stone wall, looking at him with a half-smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As their eyes met, Li Miao even reached out his hand, making a \"please\" gesture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What does this mean!?\" the Qingcheng sect leader was puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aside from Li Miao and Yongjie, there were no other candidates who could have left sword wounds on the disciple who went to step on the platform.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just that he didn't understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he had also been bought off by the Miao people, he shouldn't have stopped that disciple from stepping on the platform.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he harbored malice, why cover for him and cast suspicion on others?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his thoughts racing, the Qingcheng sect leader gave up on thinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In any case, the outcome was already decided.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just at this moment, rustling sounds came from all around the cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the heat of the battle, many people didn't notice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Qingcheng sect leader, however, looked delighted and instantly retreated from the fray with his disciple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His retreat left a huge opening. Yongjie roared, punched two Emei disciples away, and charged out of the encirclement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing his disciples injured and lying on the ground, life or death unknown, the Emei elder was momentarily shocked and angry, and was about to step forward to continue fighting Yongjie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stop!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lao Qifeng shouted loudly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Listen!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone focused their hearing, and in an instant, their faces turned pale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lao Qifeng turned his head to look at the Qingcheng sect leader: \"Your Excellency, why did you stop early?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one else had noticed, but the fact that only the Qingcheng sect leader had retreated from the fray with his disciple was obviously quite conspicuous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Qingcheng sect leader laughed: \"It's a long story, I'm afraid you all won't live long enough for me to finish.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had completely stopped pretending.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rustling sound grew closer and closer, already at the cave entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, dense swarms of Gu-insects crawled out, covering the ground like a tide, surging toward everyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Heh, after today, besides Shaolin, my Qingcheng sect will be supreme in the Southern Wu Lin!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Qingcheng sect leader sneered, secretly circulating his Qi, and activated the Gu-insect the Miao people had given him, which they said could repel the Gu-poison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A fishy, sweet taste surged up his throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Pfft—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, staining his front.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This, this, this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face was full of terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sect Leader!—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A scream rang out beside him; he turned his head to look and immediately turned pale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw one of his trusted disciples, now with a mouth full of blood, with a small mountain of Gu-insects gathered at his feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those Gu-insects suddenly thrust their mouthparts into the disciple's skin and then burrowed into his flesh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He watched helplessly as several bulges appeared under the disciple's skin, traveling up his limbs, and finally, antennae emerged from his facial features.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without even letting out a second scream, the disciple collapsed to the ground and was then submerged by the Gu-insects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's over, I'm a discarded pawn...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This thought was the last one to cross the Qingcheng sect leader's mind before he was knocked down by the tide of Gu-insects, struggled a few times, and lost all signs of life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The experts who were just fighting to the death now tacitly gathered together, continuously unleashing their Qi to repel the surging Gu-insects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just that they were not \"Sumeru\" after all; their Qi was limited, and the chaotic battle just now had consumed quite a bit. If they could hold on for another incense stick's time at most, it would likely be difficult to continue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just at this moment, an exclamation came from the crowd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hero Li!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone looked toward the sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They saw that in a corner of the cavern, Yin Minjun's face was also pale, and regardless of the boundaries between men and women, she was leaning tightly against Li Miao's side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao still maintained that composed attitude, arms crossed, watching them. It was just that when those Gu-insects reached three feet from his feet, they would retreat on their own, like waves parted by a reef.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since he came to the Miao border, Li Miao naturally wouldn't come without something to protect himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before leaving, Xiaosi had given him a mother-Gu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as the mother-Gu raised by the human-Gu was kept in Li Miao's bosom, once activated, these Gu-insects would not dare to approach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Gu-insects the Miao people promised to give the Qingcheng sect were actually only available here with Li Miao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, if Li Miao wanted to, he could achieve the same effect with his Qi. It was just that he didn't want to expose his Wu Gong yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This play still needed to be performed for a while longer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until these major sects were willing to follow him to the Miao border.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, Li Miao said in a loud voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone, do not panic, I have brought items to repel the Gu-insects.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait a moment, I will lead you all out now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1422,"2026-06-17T21:41:15.265Z","2026-06-18T03:13:38.468Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","92fdc2c5ef1f451ad9876299acc901fe2a313b75770cc92a9919bb87a0df6eaa","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-106","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-104",647,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-imperial-hound-on-an-eight-hour-shift-cover.jpg"]