
The Imperial Court's Eight-Hour-Shift Hounds
八小时工作制的朝廷鹰犬
- Status
- Ongoing
- Length
- 1.6M Words
- Genre
- Martial Arts
- Subgenre
- Wuxia Fantasy
- Updated
- 2mo ago
- English
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Other names
- The Imperial Court Lackeys of the Eight-Hour Workday SystemEnglish name
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Let's take stock of the most seriously contradictory and disjointed settings I've written so far.
The most serious problem is the collapse of the power dynamics. Based on the background setting and plot of the book, we can know the following: The royal family suppressed the inheritance of Celestial Beings for over a hundred years, causing the inheritance of Celestial Beings in the martial arts world to be severed.
It has a distinctly Hong Kong flavor. The writing is indeed quite good, but it's probably not one of those martial arts masters I'm familiar with. The writing hasn't reached its full potential yet; it's more like a talented beginner. You can follow it with confidence because newcomers are just trying to get by, while the veterans are arrogant and always want to reclaim their legendary status.
Many reviews say it's addictive, but I've been reading novels since elementary school. Now I'm over thirty, so I guess I'm a seasoned bookworm. I stumbled upon this book and read it straight through. I have to go to work tomorrow. I wonder how good I am at it. All I want to say is, author, keep it up! 💪
This is a bit of a problem for me.
The protagonist's values clash with mine; he admires someone and then, without asking any questions, drags that person's enemy to his side. Although there was some foreshadowing, it still felt a bit awkward.
Four major taboos of the invincible style
What is this writing? What happened to the invincible protagonist trope? Major Taboo 1: The protagonist always arrives at the last minute. Once or twice is one thing, but doing it every time is tedious. An invincible protagonist needs a bit of leeway. Major Taboo 2: The protagonist disappears without a trace, leaving the supporting characters to fawn over each other.
Sigh, the military power has expanded.
The highest-ranking characters are even rarer than Celestials, reminding me of how gold-quality characters are always more common than purple-quality characters in mobile games. The highest-ranking characters aren't even common yet, and Celestials are already considered less valuable than dogs. Even a small, inherited Xiaoling Guard has multiple Celestials.
I thought I'd found another novel I could keep reading, but then I got to that woman from the Huashan Sect who brutally murdered the (bodyguard/escort) to death 🥵. It's definitely in my top five most toxic parts of any novel I've ever read 😐.
Okay, let me just say this: the protagonist, who's supposed to be invincible, is actually quite eccentric. He ends up constantly basking in the limelight, always trying to appear morally superior. He takes in a female subordinate halfway through the story, her character supposedly seeking revenge for her mother, and is portrayed as having good character.
The protagonist recruited a woman as his subordinate, and her reason for revenge disgusted me. The protagonist even acknowledged her and called her a heroine, so I specifically spent 100 points to comment on it. In short, years ago, a man, under duress from a highly skilled villain, brutally murdered a mother and daughter.
These three textbook-perfect golden chapters are definitely the reincarnation of an old fogey. 🤐