"So that was how it was!"
Li Qingyun understood. When he looked again at Li Ye and Li Bing, his gaze carried a trace of pity and condescension.
Amid the kneeling welcome of two rows of slaves, he calmly walked toward the gates.
The majesty of this place's master began to radiate from him.
As he walked, he declared loudly, "From today onward, that useless Li Yue no longer exists. From now on, call me Yuan Li Qingyun..."
With the additional information provided by Mu Qi, the slave at his side, Li Qingyun had finally gained a general understanding of the Abyss Li Clan and began to swagger with overbearing confidence.
The Abyss Li Clan of Lingping Heaven could only be considered a collateral branch of the Abyss Clan. The purest Abyss Clan bore only the surname Yuan. All the Yuan Lis, Yuan Wangs, Yuan Sangs, and the like were collateral branches. Over countless years, these collateral lines had grown immensely vast and complicated.
The main surname Yuan followed by a secondary surname naturally served to distinguish them from the various direct branches, establishing the difference between high and low.
For example, Saint Yuanhe was of the oldest and purest Abyss Clan lineage.
The Abyss Li Clan branch was now dwindling in numbers. Its legitimate patriarch—the father of Li Yue, Li Ye, and the others—had also been missing for more than a hundred thousand years.
The surviving Abyss Li Clan bloodline consisted only of the three people present: the impostor Li Qingyun, Li Ye, and Li Bing.
Of the three, only Li Qingyun was born of the direct line. In terms of bloodline status, he naturally suppressed Li Ye and Li Bing.
With no proper master in the household, the young master was heaven!
Since he was "heaven," the first