The words "don't live off women" stabbed like awls into the hearts of many men present.
The old man bristled like a rooster and snapped, "Young man, use your brain before you speak. Women eat our food and wear the clothes we pay for, so naturally they have to obey men."
"May I ask what you were thinking when your mother was nursing you?" the young man countered.
"Insolence! Is that any way for someone so young to speak to an elder?" the old man raged.
"We're discussing women right now, nothing else. Please act a little more like an elder," the young man shot back without the slightest courtesy.
A man who looked like a wealthy gentleman said with a genial smile, "Don't quarrel, you two. This is quite simple. In this world, reason often counts for nothing. Whoever has the bigger fist gets the final say. Void Sage Fang is so formidable, yet didn't he still bow his head to Liu Shan back then? Isn't he still subject to the Ritual Hall now? So when women become as strong as men someday, they won't have to obey men anymore."
"You're right," the young man said. "But the biggest problem now is that the Jing Kingdom and the human race have given women a chance to grow stronger, yet many men are still standing in their way. That's going a bit too far."
"The human race is still progressing. If it can't happen now, things will be different in a few years. Why quarrel over something like this and spoil the harmony?" the wealthy gentleman said with a smile.
Zong Weixiong spoke up then. "Among the Three Cardinal Bonds and Five Constant Virtues, the ruler guides the subject, the father guides the son, and the husband guides the wife.