[{"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-431":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},2225489,4113,"Chapter 431: Swordsman","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-431",431,"\u003Cp>Li Miao crossed his arms, leaning in the corner, looking at Huangfu Hui, and asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Recognize me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huangfu Hui was sitting on the ground, but hearing Li Miao speak to him, he suddenly pressed his hands to the ground and lunged forward, pressing his forehead firmly against the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have heard... of your name, Great One, from my family elders.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then why are you still not dead? Wasting time chatting?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huangfu Hui shuddered upon hearing this, but not because of fear, but because of joy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Great One... may I die?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, his hand slowly raised to touch his forehead, his eyes filled with excitement and anticipation as he looked at Li Miao, waiting only to hear Li Miao’s answer before he would slap his own crown open and get it over with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, before Li Miao could answer, the man in the kimono beside him suddenly spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your Excellency—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The voice was cut off abruptly, and his expression and movements also froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man in the kimono fell to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao leisurely withdrew his finger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When adults are talking, children shouldn't interrupt.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huangfu Hui trembled even more violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was kneeling on the ground, his head striking the earth, his vision inverted, just enough to see the man in the kimono on the ground behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man in the kimono wasn't dead yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only was he not dead, he was extremely clear-headed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he was clearly experiencing extreme terror; although he couldn't move a muscle, his pupils were trembling violently, the whites of his eyes were slowly turning pale red, and his eyelids were twitching—yet he couldn't even let out a wail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unable to seek life, unable to seek death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Falling into this person’s hands meant this result.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huangfu Hui had already channeled his True Qi, waiting only for Li Miao to give an affirmative answer so he could crush his own skull with one palm. But until Li Miao spoke, he didn't even dare to die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hated the man in the kimono even more, feeling that he should have just killed him with one palm earlier, but instead, he had let him live until now, delaying his own death. What if, because of this interruption, Li Miao changed his mind and wouldn't let him die?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huangfu Hui’s resentment grew, yet he hoped Li Miao would give him a quick answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao, however, didn't pay him any more attention, and in Huangfu Hui’s desperate gaze, he turned to look at the old man who had been silent from the start.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Old man, what’s your name?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old man replied in a deep voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am the [Sword Saint], Tsukahara Bokuden.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao sneered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Heh... Sword Saint?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze shifted down, locking onto the Japanese sword in Tsukahara Bokuden’s hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You call this a sword?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tsukahara Bokuden slowly raised the sword to his eyes, the firelight in the room flowing along the blade, plating it with a layer of golden light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is Your Excellency intending to follow Huangfu-kun’s example and say some meaningless insults?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao shrugged with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And what if I am?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tsukahara Bokuden shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't think Your Excellency would.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao tilted his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh? What makes you think so?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tsukahara Bokuden said in a deep voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because Your Excellency was able to approach within a yard of me without a sound, yet you did not strike.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"From the first moment I saw Your Excellency, I knew you were not one of those weak celestial beings in the Central Plains Wu Lin. Even in Fuso, you are one of the few who could rank among the highest realms of the sword.\" \u003C\u002Fp>",624,"2026-06-17T21:41:17.211Z","2026-06-18T03:13:38.468Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","f51f7410a503f8315ae1b9fdf5db3128b02401445a93b404d47eeeed5e8e78fe","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-432","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-430",647,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-imperial-hound-on-an-eight-hour-shift-cover.jpg"]