Urban All-Round Master-Chapter 1534 - 1568: Matriarchal Clan

"This, I don’t know. Anyway, our Liu Shen Clan has been passing down for thousands of years, always maintaining the kind of power system we have now. With the Mother Empress being the highest position and having the greatest power. And the Mother Empress is also the strongest in the entire clan! No one can shake my Mother Empress." Liu Tangtang spoke candidly, without holding back anything from Lin Zifeng.

"So, in your clan, your mother can decide everything?" Lin Zifeng was surprised; such a strong woman must be extremely decisive and resolute in her actions.

"Yes, yes." The little girl nodded simply.

Lin Zifeng opened his mouth, wanting to ask about her father, but he held back. In the Liu Shen Clan, women are the rulers, so Tangtang’s father probably has a very low status in the clan...

This is a clan that doesn’t respect males, maintaining the primitive rule of matrilineal supremacy.

Quickly, Tangtang led Lin Zifeng straight towards the hall. The big bear, following Tangtang’s instructions, ran into the dense forest to look for Saint Anna. Accompanied by the little bear, they walked towards the inside of the hall.

Lin Zifeng was now at ease. Since he wasn’t a match for Liu Jiuhuang, why bother opposing Liu Jiuhuang? People required him to marry Liu Tangtang and have children. So, he thought he should just stay for now.

As long as he cooperated with Liu Jiuhuang honestly, gained her trust, by the time his wounds fully healed, he wouldn’t fear not having the chance to leave this damned place.

Conversely, if he didn’t cooperate with Liu Jiuhuang at this time and couldn’t earn her trust, then every move Lin Zifeng made these days would be under Liu Jiuhuang’s watchful eye. Thinking about leaving would be nearly impossible!

Upon entering the hall, Lin Zifeng’s first impression was the hall’s size was astonishing, almost comparable to the Forbidden City. It was very grand inside, with many men and women coming and going in the hall.

However, most of these men were very old. Also, some men had their faces covered with black cloths. Through his observational skills, he saw that the men with black masks were very young.

To prevent them from being taken, lots of women in the clan protected their men in this way, keeping other clan members from coveting them...

Truly a unique clan~

Lin Zifeng shook his head with a resigned smile. He didn’t expect this clan to be so large and to accommodate so many people. Truly, there are strange things all over the world. Previously, Lin Zifeng thought this mysterious clan, hidden for thousands of years, was just a bunch of savages hiding deep in mountains or on some isolated islands with no local culture at all. But seeing this, if Meng Chanji heard it, that old fellow’s jaw might drop...

"Tangtang, how many people live inside this hall?"

"If you just count our direct and branch members of the Liu Shen, over a thousand. If you include those male slaves, there are probably one or two thousand people." Tangtang said.

"Hiss~" Lin Zifeng drew in a sharp breath.

Inside this hall lived one or two thousand people! What a concept!

"Do they all live inside the hall?"

"Yes, yes, that’s right. They are all direct and branch descendants of Liu Shen, have Liu Shen bloodline, so they can live inside the hall. When I came in, those outside are just clan members, not considered direct descendants of Liu Shen. According to our Liu Shen Clan’s rules, they don’t have the right to live in the hall."

"Then what’s the matter with these men?"

"These men were taken from outside. To continue our Liu Shen lineage, every direct and branch descendant has the obligation to find a suitable man to extend the bloodline~"

"Such an odd rule!" Lin Zifeng was thoroughly overwhelmed by this clan. Such a terrifying rule! 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

But indeed, Lin Zifeng could tell the expressions of those men were not good. Some even seemed to have lost their spirit entirely.

Even though they were surrounded by beautiful women, after a long time, not everyone could enjoy such an environment.

Now, Lin Zifeng began to worry. If Liu Jiuhuang insisted on him marrying Tangtang, would his future life be just like these soulless men?

With Lin Zifeng’s appearance, all the women in the hall simultaneously turned their gaze towards him. Considering Tangtang was present, no one dared step forward to cause trouble.

At this time, Elder Liu and Liu Qing came over from afar to greet them. Upon seeing Liu Tangtang, they both became exceptionally excited. They were Liu Jiuhuang’s kept men... ahem, male servants, not that kind of man really.

But when their gaze fell on Lin Zifeng, they were not that friendly. Seeing the little bear standing behind them, the middle-aged Liu Qing’s legs began to tremble, and he mumbled to himself.

"Hey, hey, hey, Elder Liu. The little bear is here too."

"I know. You’re lucky the big bear is not here." Elder Liu pretended to look at Liu Tangtang, the muscles on his old face already beginning to tremble.

"..."

Liu Qing was stunned, then glared fiercely at Elder Liu, finally forcing a smile as he watched Tangtang bring the little bear and Lin Zifeng over.

"Hello, Grandpa Liu, Uncle Liu~"

Tangtang squinted her crescent-moon eyes, smiling like a flower.

"Uh...hehe, good, good, good." Elder Liu nodded with a forced smile.

Good? Good my foot. Why did you bring the little bear over?

Seeing the little bear’s displeasure towards these two guys, already baring its teeth, Liu Qing turned pale and, instinctively, tugged at Elder Liu’s clothes, only to be mentally cursed for being too cowardly by this Elder Liu...

"What’s wrong with you two?"

Seeing their unpleasant faces, Tangtang asked innocently.

But Liu Qing knew that a few days ago, when Liu Qing was set free by the little bear, this guy ran away shouting provocations, challenging the little bear’s patience. Now, facing an archenemy, naturally, became a bit red-eyed.

Lin Zifeng wasn’t foolish; he could see their tense relationship. He stood aside, casually acting unaware. After all, if a fight broke out, it had nothing to do with him. Why wade into such trouble...

"No, no, nothing’s wrong. The Mother Empress is waiting for you inside. You should go meet her. There’s also plenty of direct elders waiting inside..."

Quickly, Elder Liu stated the purpose of the reception, promptly ready to vanish with Liu Qing.

"Wait a minute!"

At this moment, Lin Zifeng raised his hand to stop both of them.

"Do you have something to say?" Liu Qing’s broad eyebrows furrowed, a hint of killing aura flashing across his eyes. He didn’t have a good impression of Lin Zifeng.

Lin Zifeng shrugged his shoulders; these two were too tense.

He simply wanted to know if it was them at the South Korean airport when Tangtang was taken away because the surveillance at the airport captured an old man and a young one leaving with Liu Tangtang. Lin Zifeng wanted to confirm.

"I just wanted to ask if the two of you left South Korea with Tangtang at the airport."

"Yes." Elder Liu also turned around, glaring coldly at him without any hesitation.