[{"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-475":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Imperial Hound on an Eight-Hour Shift",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2225533,4113,"Chapter 475: Original Intent Honoring Gods","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-475",475,"\u003Cp>\"You are Matsuura Takanobu?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the One-Heart Dojo, Li Miao sat cross-legged, supporting his face with his left hand, his right hand resting on his knee, tilting his head and asking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Reporting to the Lord, yes, this humble one is.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Matsuura Takanobu knelt on the ground, knocking his head against the floor, and answered in extremely standard Central Plains official language.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dojo gate was wide open, and the few remaining samurai in Hirado City were burying their heads in cleaning up the remains of their colleagues on the ground. Seeing their lord so obsequious, they all showed unbearable expressions, but none dared to make a sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the contrary, Nanako, who was watching from the side, said hesitantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lord Matsuura, you are the Daimyo of Hirado, the current head of the Matsuura family, how can you be so...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Out of upbringing, she swallowed the words \"shameless.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter what, Matsuura Takanobu was Japanese, and a high-ranking Daimyo at that. To be so obsequious to Li Miao, a Central Plains person, Nanako felt a bit... awkward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Matsuura Takanobu sneered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am happy to do it! What does it have to do with you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am speaking with my Lord, where is it your turn, a woman, to interrupt!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shut up, you bastard!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three sentences, clearly scolding Nanako, but only the last sentence was in Japanese; the first two were authentic Central Plains official language. Nanako couldn't understand them at all, and it was obvious who they were meant for.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His posture was so flexible, and he didn't care at all about the subordinates watching outside the dojo. The moment he was betrayed by Kotesashi Yasutsune, he used official language to pledge allegiance to Li Miao, and then used the opportunity of scolding Nanako to fawn over Li Miao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Daimyo of Hirado City was a smart man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao liked dealing with smart people; it saved him a lot of effort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Speak.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao tossed out a word lightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Matsuura Takanobu didn't rush to speak, instead raising his head slightly, looking respectfully at Li Miao's toes and saying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lord, could you let me understand your purpose first? That way I can explain things better, and have a focus.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shinto, Japanese sword technique, Daimyo, Emperor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I want to know the relationship between these four. You may speak.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Matsuura Takanobu was silent for a while, and finally gritted his teeth and said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Judging from your conversation with Kotesashi Yasutsune today, you don't seem to understand the cultivation method of Fuso sword technique. May I start with sword technique?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He waited for a while, and seeing Li Miao didn't speak, he continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fuso sword technique is divided into countless schools, just like the sects of the Central Plains Jianghu. Each school's strengths and weaknesses are different, and there are advantages and disadvantages between them... but there is one fundamental difference from Central Plains martial arts.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Japanese sword technique cannot be practiced concurrently.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Unless the original sword technique school is completely forgotten, or a more outstanding sword technique is created from it. Otherwise, even if one knows how to exert force and how to strike, one cannot use the moves of other schools.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The fundamental reason is 'Visualization Method,' or 'Breathing Method'.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao raised an eyebrow and said with interest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Explain in detail. This visualization method and breathing method shouldn't be the same thing, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Matsuura Takanobu nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes... this is where it connects to what you want to know, the relationship between sword technique and Shinto.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Japanese sword technique schools are divided into two categories.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Those who practice breathing methods are called Original Intent.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Those who practice visualization methods are called Honoring Gods.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I think you should have guessed that the Meichi Kyoshin school practiced by Kotesashi Yasutsune is a Honoring God sword technique. And the visualization method they practice is to visualize...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao took over his words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ibaraki Doji.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So the desperate method he used before he died was not unique to him, but the inheritance of the entire Meichi Kyoshin school. If I face other successors of the Meichi Kyoshin school in the future, they will also become this neither-human-nor-ghost appearance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By analogy, the more profound the sword technique, the more they will resemble the monsters they visualize. The shallower the sword technique, the less complete... So Kotesashi Yasutsune tearing off his own left hand was to forcibly lean toward the monster image he visualized, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Matsuura Takanobu nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>",746,"2026-06-17T21:41:17.211Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","553dfb20c5d80bdbbbd36c5c42319ef5b5bf38886ac62215c05cc23e44ce9d11","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-476","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-474",647,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-imperial-hound-on-an-eight-hour-shift-cover.jpg"]