[{"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-115":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},2225173,4113,"Chapter 115","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-115",115,"\u003Cp>Li Miao agreed with Xingchi on the time to meet later, then stood up to say goodbye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He entered Shaolin at the second watch, and the discussion with Xingchi took longer than expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was now nearly the third watch, not far from the time agreed with Zhu Zai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao first climbed onto the roof of Shaolin's Great Hero Hall, looking down at the Embroidered Uniform Guard camp outside the temple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Commander's camp was naturally different in shape from the ordinary Embroidered Uniform Guard camps, and Li Miao easily found where Zhu Zai was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before, Li Miao had asked Yin Minjun to bring a message to Zhu Zai: if the Heaven-Man realm expert from the imperial court was there during the day, hang a lantern outside the camp. If not, hang two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao looked out, and outside that camp, two lanterns were clearly hanging.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed that the person was not there, and Li Miao could be slightly relieved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao stepped into the air, performed the Quanzhen \"Ascending to Heaven Ladder,\" rose several zhang in the void, and then used the Wudang \"Ladder Cloud Vertical,\" stepping three times in the air, and flew a long way in mid-air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he used the Ming Cult's \"Flying Catkin Green Smoke Skill,\" and the whole person was like a cloud of mist flying in the dark night, falling lightly toward the Embroidered Uniform Guard camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And at this time, in the camp, Zhu Zai was sitting in a chair with his eyes closed, as if he were taking a nap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But secretly, he was listening to the sounds around him with all his might.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the third watch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The camp was pulled open, and Li Miao walked in slowly, looking at Zhu Zai, who had his eyes closed, with a light smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Commander, resting?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Rest your leg!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Zai opened his eyes suddenly, let out an angry shout, and threw the embroidered spring knife at his waist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was easily plucked by Li Miao and held in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The familiar feeling was back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Shuntian Prefecture, Zhu Zai would do this every few days. After leaving the capital for a few months, Li Miao actually missed this feeling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he dragged a chair over familiarly, sat down, supported his face, looked sideways at Zhu Zai, and said lazily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Commander, didn't Wang Hai tell you about my martial arts?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Before, you thought I was a Pinnacle expert, so you used first-rate strength to throw at me. Now that you know I'm a Heaven-Man, you use Pinnacle strength to throw at me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But even if you threw all the knives of the Embroidered Uniform Guards one by one, you wouldn't hit me, why bother with this effort?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't be angry, you're old, getting angry hurts the liver.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao was teasing the old man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure enough, hearing Li Miao say this, Zhu Zai was even more anxious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you were afraid of making me angry, you should have been honest with me earlier!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hiding it in Shuntian Prefecture, and then making a mess after leaving the capital, do you know how hard your butt is to wipe this time!?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you were seen by that person during the day and your realm was known, we would both be in big trouble!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having said that, Zhu Zai stood up, turned around quickly, barely calmed his emotions, and turned to look at Li Miao suddenly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How many paths have you cultivated now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Three paths.\" Li Miao said lightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How many paths are full?\" Zhu Zai continued to ask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One path. If I fight for my life, I can barely manage two paths, but I have to retreat after fighting.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Li Miao finished speaking, Zhu Zai was stunned for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Retreat... down? Retreat what?\" Zhu Zai asked hesitantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Realm, of course. Don't you have to die after mastering it? So I master it when fighting, and retreat after fighting.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"???\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Zai was silent for a long while, then said with difficulty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I hadn't picked you up into the Embroidered Uniform Guards with my own hands back then, and taught you foundation training step by step, I would have suspected you were a monster running out of some grave.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"With the comprehension you had back then, which was barely better than dog urine moss, how did you cultivate it silently?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have natural divine strength.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dog fart!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have natural talent.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dog fart!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am Bodhidharma reincarnated.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Really?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No—\" Li Miao couldn't hold it anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you a bit senile? You don't believe in natural divine strength or natural talent, but you believe in reincarnation?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nonsense.\" Zhu Zai said: \"If the Heaven-Man realm could be achieved just by having good talent, it wouldn't be so rare in the world.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's true that your bones are exceptionally good, but if you only had bones, at most you'd be a Pinnacle expert.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Most of the martial arts collected by the Embroidered Uniform Guards are incomplete books. If you can cultivate them by messing around, what other possibility is there besides being a god reincarnated?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao had to smile helplessly: \"Fine, fine, just treat me as reincarnated and suddenly awakened to past wisdom.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This statement was not wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reincarnated, indeed reincarnated, just from another world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Zai was silent for a while, then looked at Li Miao: \"So, you want to become a monk?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No wonder you don't want to marry a wife at thirty-something, I introduced so many to you and you didn't want any, so the root is here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You just came out of Shaolin? Xingchi is going to die, and you're taking over as Shaolin Abbot?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This tone carried resentment, clearly like an old man who had finally managed to get his son into university, thinking he could finally enjoy the days of holding his grandchildren, only to find that the admission notice was for a Buddhist college.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey hey! You old man, you're addicted to talking, I'll sue you for slandering an imperial official!\" Li Miao couldn't help but say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't marry a wife because I don't like being managed, I have quite a few confidantes, seven or eight of them!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There are a few I don't even dare to tell you about, if you met them, you'd have to bow to them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Zai listened to this, pondered for a long while, and looked at Li Miao suspiciously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Really not becoming a monk?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Really not... you old man.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sigh... actually, if you were really Bodhidharma reincarnated, it would save a lot of trouble.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Zai slumped into the chair, rubbing his eyebrows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao also put away his lazy expression and looked at Zhu Zai earnestly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What trouble?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What trouble?\" Zhu Zai let out a cold snort: \"Heroes violate prohibitions with martial arts, not to mention Heaven-Men?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ageless appearance, indestructible body, who doesn't want it? Doesn't the Emperor want it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Three paths merged into one, without any signs of the Five Decays of Heaven and Man, who doesn't want to explore the secrets within? Doesn't the one in the sedan chair during the day want it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You don't have the surname Zhu, you're not a eunuch, and you don't have a family, will the Emperor trust you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why did Ji Tianrui have to die? Why don't inheritances like Shaolin and Wudang have Heaven-Man realm experts?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Some things, I don't know either. But these principles can be understood by thinking a little.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Zai made a final conclusion with one sentence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whether you are a rebel or not is not about whether you want to, but whether you can.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao was silent for a while and looked at Zhu Zai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, I didn't tell you my martial arts.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I had told you the truth back then, you might not have let me cultivate it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am not a martial arts lunatic, martial arts are not my goal, but the only means.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Zai looked at Li Miao and asked: \"What do you want?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Liberation.\" Li Miao said: \"Speaking of which, I have died twice.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Once was the day you picked me up, I thought I was dead, but I lived inexplicably. Once was fifteen years ago in the Ming Cult.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Between life and death, one can see the nature of the mind.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What I seek is the mountains and seas, not a cage.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1402,"2026-06-17T21:41:15.265Z","2026-06-18T03:13:38.468Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","5f2bf6fb818d1dd4b001d1fd74d98b2142b1ab7406889246fd641d4399c7ffc7","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-116","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-114",647,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-imperial-hound-on-an-eight-hour-shift-cover.jpg"]