[{"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-430":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},2225488,4113,"Chapter 430: Coming","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-430",430,"\u003Cp>Facing Huangfu Hui’s question, the old man slowly shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The time is too short, and Central Plains martial arts are vastly different from our Fuso sword techniques.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The key is that the 'experiments' over the past year have consumed too much of my energy and stamina... Cultivating life and essence, transforming turbid essence into images—sexual matters consume too much spirit, making it difficult for me to focus on the Dao of martial arts.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I haven't been able to master 'Profound View,' so naturally, it’s difficult to replicate the methods of Yingzhou to produce a large number of seedlings capable of reaching the celestial realm.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huangfu Hui nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The matter of Kangfu County was actually quite simple to explain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Profound View Scripture flowing into the Wu Lin was a glimmer of hope for celestial beings to catch up to Li Miao; but for sects, families, and factions, the most precious thing about this Profound View Scripture from Yingzhou was not the martial arts themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the method of inheriting the celestial realm through bloodline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as one mastered this method, one could stably produce countless celestial beings connected by blood, extending one’s own faction forever—this was far more practical and reliable than leaving behind wealth or martial arts manuals for descendants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one didn't want to become the second Li Miao, and no faction didn't want to become the second Yingzhou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there were few celestial beings with the aptitude to cultivate sexual essence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, they would look for other possible ways out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Colluding with the Japanese was one of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huangfu Hui’s family cooperated with the Japanese, occupied Kangfu County, intercepted passing Wu Lin people, and selected women with good aptitude to mate with this old man named Tsukahara, attempting to give birth to infants capable of reaching the celestial realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this kind of experiment caused great harm to the mothers; these Wu Lin women would often die after giving birth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huangfu Hui kidnapped the women in the city to feed the infants born from these births.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for why he kidnapped the children of these women as well... it was because these women would often try to commit suicide when first imprisoned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With children, they would be more compliant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And once Huangfu Hui used methods to drain these women of their essence and spirit, and they no longer resisted or sought death, Huangfu Hui would throw these children into the deep mountains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just hadn't expected a wild man to intervene and take these children in. He also hadn't expected that this operation, which had been running stably for a year, would attract the most vicious demon in the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Huangfu Hui’s emotions surged, the old man looked him up and down and said calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huangfu-kun, I see the wounds on your body; they don't look like they were caused by others, but torn open by yourself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who is it that could make you erase all the features on your body and rush here to see me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you need me to go and behead this person?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huangfu Hui sneered in his heart, but on his face, he put on a serious expression and said in a deep voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You cannot kill him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No one in the world can kill him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At least, no one can right now... even you are absolutely no match for him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old man didn't speak, but the man in the kimono who had led Huangfu Hui in stood up with eyebrows raised and spoke angrily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huangfu-kun, do you know who you are talking to!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stepped forward quickly, walked to Huangfu Hui’s side, and reached out to pull him up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I think it’s because you Central Plains Wu Lin people have been suppressed for too long and too hard, losing your perspective, thinking everyone is the same after seeing a few people with decent realms!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Could it be that because Master Tsukahara has been quite polite to you on weekdays, you’ve developed a sense of contempt?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He exerted force and pulled Huangfu Hui up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Standing before you is the [Undefeated in Life], [Master of Shinto-ryu], [Sword and Zen as One], [Master of One-Sword Technique], [Three Hawks Three Horses], [Sword Saint] Master Tsukahara Bokuden!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How can you compare him to the celestial beings of your Central Plains!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bakayarō, sugu ni ayamare! (Bastard, apologize immediately!)\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying this, he reached out to press Huangfu Hui’s head down, forcing him to bow and apologize.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A muffled sound rang out, and the man in the kimono retreated several steps, crushing several floorboards before finally hitting the wall, clutching his chest, and vomiting a mouthful of stagnant blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at the palm print on his chest in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huangfu Hui had actually taken advantage of his lack of preparation to strike him in the chest with a full-power palm! If he hadn't reacted in time, that palm could have taken his life!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How dare he!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How did he dare!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huangfu Hui straightened his body slowly, scanned him with disdain, and brushed off his sleeves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A lowly Japanese slave, how are you worthy of making me bow?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This sentence had completely torn off the mask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man in the kimono turned red in the face, reaching out to draw his Japanese sword to step forward and behead Huangfu Hui.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he took a step, he saw the old man raise his hand to gesture for him to stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old man looked at Huangfu Hui and said calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So Huangfu-kun has never looked up to us Fuso people.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Huangfu Hui had already dealt a lethal blow, he naturally had no more scruples. In any case, everyone here would die, so he wasn't afraid of affecting the family’s cooperation with the Japanese in the future; the contempt and disdain he had hidden in his heart were all laid out on his face. \u003C\u002Fp>",987,"2026-06-17T21:41:17.211Z","2026-06-18T03:13:38.468Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","908124daa1691e7f467a26343ddccd427fab5eb6e0ce1b0ab25d88266a0310e7","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-431","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-429",647,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-imperial-hound-on-an-eight-hour-shift-cover.jpg"]