According to the rules in the temple, each pope will choose a suitable successor at the right time, just like the Son of God in the two temples, he is called the Son of God.
However, the deceased pope never had a suitable successor, and he believed that he was still far away from the day of his ascension, so he did not think too much about it.
No one, including the Pope himself, thought that the Pope would die an unexpected death.
Because this has never happened before in the temple's history of more than a thousand years.
Apart from the Pope, the highest-ranking people in the temple are the Zongluyuan and the two high priests. This means that the Pope is destined to be born between the eight elders of the Zongluyuan and the two high priests.
Realizing this, the eight elders in the temple were all silent.
What soldier doesn’t want to be a general?!
Anyone who enters the temple naturally has a dream of becoming a pope.
Although the status of the elders of the Clan Law School is noble, it is only noble. Who would have thought that one day they would have the opportunity to become the Pope.
A red-clothed priest walked in carefully, "Great priest, the hot water is ready. Please take a bath and change clothes!"
"Okay!" Gong Ao looked at the expressions of several people and flashed an imperceptible sneer in his eyes, "The eight are all highly respected elders in the religion. Gong Ao believes that the Pope must choose from among the eight.
If anything happens, no matter who it is, Gong Ao will do his best to help. We will discuss it carefully. Gong Ao will excuse me first!"
After that, he walked out of the palace gate.
The red-clothed priest who had been waiting at the bottom of the steps hurriedly chased after him, "Great Priest, how could you let go of such an opportunity?!"
Gong Ao was furious, "What nonsense are you talking about? The elders are above me in terms of status and qualifications. What qualifications do I have to be the pope?!"
The red-clothed priest followed him into the corridor and said flatteringly, "Anyway, in my heart, you are the most suitable candidate! Our Punishment Temple has been suppressed by these old guys over the years. If the great priest can sit down this time,
If you become the Pope, you won’t have to look at their faces when punishing the temple in the future!”
Gong Ao stopped and looked at the man's face, "If I become the Pope, you must be the most suitable person to be the high priest!"
The man raised his face and met his gaze, "Great Priest, please lift me up!"
The two looked at each other for a moment and smiled tacitly at the same time.
Both of them understand that this is their opportunity, and if they want to seize the opportunity, they need someone to support them.
Driven by interests, alliances were quickly formed.
Gong Ao quickly glanced around and sneered, "Don't worry, the position of Pope is mine, and as for the position of punishing the high priest, it must be yours!"
The man looked over his face and said, "Please ask the high priest for everything... no, please give orders to the Pope!"
Gong Aolang laughed out loud and immediately whispered a few words to him.
The red-clothed priest only nodded repeatedly, "Great priest, wonderful plan, wonderful plan!"
In the main hall.
A short and fat elder broke the silence in the temple, "I recommend Elder Chen to be the pope!"
"Why?!" a thin elder opposite asked immediately.
"Among the eight of us, Elder Chen was the first to enter the temple, so he is naturally the most suitable to be the pope!" said the pudgy elder.
"Hmph!" the thin elder snorted coldly, "The chef in the kitchen has been cooking in the temple for more than forty years, and he entered the temple a year earlier than Elder Chen. According to you, isn't this chef more qualified?
qualifications?!"
"What do you mean, can the chef compete with Elder Chen?!"