[{"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-150":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},2225208,4113,"Chapter 150","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-150",150,"\u003Cp>Li Miao had been looking for the location of that Gu insect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By rights, the Gu poison in the Miao King's body was too fierce, so it would be best for Li Miao to stay far away, release his internal energy, and slowly grind the Miao King to death. He shouldn't be engaging in close-quarters combat, constantly sticking his hands into the Miao King's body and tearing her flesh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was doing this precisely to find that Gu insect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After digging out the heart, he had to crush it into meat paste; besides Li Miao intending to torture the Miao King, it was also to prevent the Gu insect from escaping. Unfortunately, having tried until now, every organ and limb on the Miao King's body had been dug out and crushed by Li Miao, but he hadn't found any trace of the Gu insect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the moment, there was only one place on the Miao King's body that Li Miao hadn't dug open to look at.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Li Miao's gaze swept toward her head, the Miao King's expression changed slightly, and for the first time, she retreated half a step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lord Li, you have already killed me thirty-seven times; it's about time to vent your anger, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Miao King smiled and said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I deliberately sought out this Pupa Room, not just to delay time. No matter how high your martial arts are, they are not the same path as my Miao witchcraft and Gu arts. You can guard against the Great Shamans, but you might not be able to guard against me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The things the Ming Cult did were all my daughter's handiwork; I at most just helped out, providing her with some Gu arts and Gu soldiers. If you want to find the culprit, you can go to the Shuntian Prefecture to find her; there's no need to entangle with me. Why don't we just stop here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'll also tell you the truth: if we keep fighting, I'll have to use some methods I don't want to use. By then, you might not be able to retreat unscathed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao sneered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Use them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I said I would kill you; do you think I'll take back my words?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After saying that, he turned his head and said to Yongjie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master, this thing is a bit hard to kill. We have to find the Miao King's Gu insect on her.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I've dug out and looked at all the other places; only the head is left.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Crush the head, dig out the thing that occupied your wife's body, and send her to rest in peace.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yongjie said in a deep voice: \"Good.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before converting to Buddhism, he was a world-famous top expert in the entire Jianghu. And he wasn't the kind of \"water goods\" propped up by his sect, but one who had self-realized his martial arts and fought his way up punch by punch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao was even more of a Embroidered Uniform Guard background; although he didn't make many moves himself, he was the \"Red Stick Double Flower\" under Zhu Zai, and everything he experienced was a hard battle that ordinary people couldn't fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two didn't need to communicate to know how to cooperate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao's muscles and bones suddenly relaxed, his internal energy instantly became perfect, and he had already switched from \"Diamond\" to \"Sumeru.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn't perfected the second realm; the Miao King's difficulty was not that she couldn't be attacked, but that she couldn't be killed. In the words of Li Miao's previous life, the Miao King was not a \"numerical monster,\" but a \"mechanism monster.\" No matter how hard or fierce Li Miao was, if he couldn't find the Gu insect, he couldn't kill the Miao King.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was noon now, and he couldn't bridge the two days' \"eight hours\" by playing with time differences; after regressing his realm, he would fall into a deep sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, before finding the location of the Gu insect, Li Miao would not rashly use his trump card.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yongjie was responsible for entanglement, and Li Miao was the main attacker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Miao King scanned the two and sighed long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have retreated many times, yet you show no mercy at all. You even brought my unfaithful husband to kill me together.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yongjie's fists clenched until they creaked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spoke in a hoarse voice: \"Do not use my wife's face to speak again.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will dig you out of my wife's body, you beast.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You call me a beast?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Miao King actually smiled sweetly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did you misunderstand something, thinking it's the Gu insect talking to you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, no, no, the Gu insect is just an insect. How could it think or speak?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am me; birth, childhood, coming of age, marrying you, giving birth to Ling'er, I remember everything clearly. From beginning to end, there has never been a second Ge Puqi in this world. I am Ling'er's mother, your wife.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have never died; I have just changed. I am both the Miao King and Ge Puqi.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Husband, do you really want to kill me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Speaking of this, a smile as gentle as the Ge Puqi that Yongjie knew actually appeared on the Miao King's face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more Yongjie heard, the uglier his expression became, and his fists clenched tighter and tighter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If a person's body and internal self haven't changed, and they possess all previous memories, but their personality has changed drastically—are they still them?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yongjie was a martial monk and had become a monk halfway through his life; when it came to these twists and turns, his muscle-brain really couldn't figure it out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao, however, snorted coldly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ship of Theseus, right? Old and stale.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You were originally a dish, now you're a pile of shit. The thing is still the same thing, but the taste has changed, yet you still want us to serve you on a plate?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao looked at Yongjie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master, I ask you. Does she deserve to die?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She does.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yongjie answered without the slightest hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you lead her to Ling'er, will she use Ling'er as a hostage to threaten you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...She will.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If she has a chance to kill you, will she do it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She will.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then that's it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao clapped his hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She doesn't recognize feelings, and you shouldn't either; then we can only talk about justice. By justice, she deserves to die.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bury her properly after killing her. If witchcraft and Gu turned her into this, then destroy witchcraft and Gu. If the Ming Cult turned her into this, then destroy the Ming Cult. This is what you should do.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Speaking of this, Li Miao smiled mischievously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master, you became a monk halfway through; you're different from other Shaolin monks. Don't waste your time on Buddhist philosophical debates.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yongjie gritted his teeth and nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It is the monk who has been obsessed; thank you, Benefactor, for the reminder.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that she could no longer use words to shake Yongjie, the Miao King stopped speaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jianghu matters, after all, have to be washed with blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Words were exhausted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What remained was only fighting, and life and death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yongjie stomped on the ground violently, the great force exploding the ground for several feet around, pushing his body like a meteorite, suddenly rushing toward the Miao King.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reaching her, Yongjie raised his hand and threw a punch, blasting toward the Miao King's head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Heaven-Supporting Fist\" first move, Raising Fire to Burn the Heavens!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the fist arrived, the wind it brought had already lifted the Miao King's hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao had also appeared at the Miao King's side, raising his hand to unleash a \"Cannon\" from the Iron Punishment Battle Post.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This cannon punch, carrying the vast internal energy of \"Sumeru,\" smashed toward the Miao King, blocking all space for her to dodge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gather!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing the crisis, the Miao King no longer hesitated and shouted in the Miao language.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, in the pool where Gu insects were stored in the Pupa Room, the sound of insects crawling and hissing suddenly went quiet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clatter—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stone slab under the Miao King's feet suddenly shattered, and from it, a tide of insects surged out, flying toward Yongjie's seven orifices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yongjie had no choice but to withdraw his move, returning with a \"Deceiving Heaven and Earth,\" his fist wind sweeping, smashing the insects down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the Miao King again, she was already covered in Gu insects.\u003C\u002Fp>",1413,"2026-06-17T21:41:15.265Z","2026-06-18T03:13:38.468Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","431f65ff8eb884264323252b3e54dcfca7edf4b7f1beea8e00051f5dd1c45e66","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-151","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-149",647,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-imperial-hound-on-an-eight-hour-shift-cover.jpg"]