[{"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-502":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},2225560,4113,"Chapter 502","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-502",502,"\u003Cp>No more words were needed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Minamoto Choryo waved his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Gu insects first scattered in the air, and then, driven by the dozen Great Shamans, rolled toward Li Miao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And those well-equipped monk soldiers also rushed out neatly from behind Minamoto Choryo, the snow-white blades trembling above the pitch-black armor, rolling toward Li Miao like foam washed up by sea waves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Li Miao... laughed out loud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ha.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ever since he broke through the Izumo Grand Shrine, he had been looking forward to this siege.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Japan was in the midst of war. If breaking through Hirado Castle and killing Matsuura Takanobu could not alert Shintoism, then breaking through the Izumo Grand Shrine would definitely draw all their attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao's advantage was force, but his disadvantage was time. He couldn't spend years in Japan investigating bit by bit, and the two martial arts ancestors lost in Japan, even the closest one, the Venerable Zhang Sanfeng, had disappeared for more than two hundred years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was too long a time, enough to wear away all clues. It was difficult for him alone to find concrete clues in such a large territory in Japan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since that was the case, why not—let the other side send the clues to his door directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To deal with him, Shintoism had to pull out some real things; these were the clues sent to his door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just that he hadn't expected this siege to take place at Tang Zhaotisi, near Enryaku-ji, the headquarters of Buddhism, which was openly fighting a bloody war with Shintoism.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Doesn't matter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao beckoned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First were the Gu insects rolling to his side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These were his old opponents; they even made him miss the days when he first walked the Jianghu. But for him now, the weak Gu insects could no longer pose a threat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Buzz—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The swarm of insects hit the transparent protective true Qi, exploded with a bang, and splashed their body fluids. The remaining Gu insects landed on the protective true Qi, and within a few breaths, they filled Li Miao's line of sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then—crunch, crunch, crunch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dense gnawing sounds rang out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao raised an eyebrow, took the initiative to open a small gap, let a few Gu insects crawl in, and then casually picked them off and put them in his palm to observe for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ji Cult leader's methods again.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Modified from Gu insects that can swallow and store Heavenly Human realm power, it's somewhat similar to the results of Xiao Si and Xiao Anzi, but this thing has been specialized; it can't store, only gnaw.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It looks like a method Ji Cult leader deliberately developed to deal with me after seeing my battle with An Qisheng.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao casually crushed the Gu insects and smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he didn't deliberately raise his volume, any Heavenly Human's ear skills could hear him clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, Minamoto Choryo's voice came.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cult leader Ji is indeed thinking of you constantly. If it weren't for her help and intelligence, we wouldn't dare to easily make a move on you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your old opponent has already cooperated with us and told us all your details—how about it, can you consider again whether to...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bullshit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao interrupted him disdainfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you think this is my first day dealing with that demoness? Either these Gu insects are the bargaining chip she traded with you, or they are things you searched out from one of her hideouts; they are definitely not the methods she gave you to deal with me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Minamoto Choryo's pupils shrank slightly, and he smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why would you say that, my lord? This is a method that Cult leader Ji personally gave us and deliberately instructed us to use to deal with you, it's absolutely true.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",633,"2026-06-17T21:41:17.211Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","8455a4e65024ee69b427273fe6b2c253908a826a5e9dc8de18b9b9bcfb5ff4d8","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-503","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-501",647,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-imperial-hound-on-an-eight-hour-shift-cover.jpg"]