Temple.

Today's temples are no longer what they used to be.

After thousands of years of development, the temple not only did not rise, but fell to the point that no one cared about it, but no one expected that with the intervention of the coalition army, the temple once again appeared in front of the world in the name of the kingdom of God.

The cheers were no longer enough to describe the joy of the people in the temple at this moment.

All the purple and black robes had smiles on their faces, and they blessed and longed for each other - because the triennial promotion conference was held today.

Unlike the shrine, which divides the people into three levels: believers, believers, and protégés, the cumbersome promotion path before the temple has long been simplified.

The current temple mainly has three ranks: black-robed guards, purple-robed priests, and cardinals.

Don't look at the black-robed people jokingly calling each other priests, but before they became purple-robed, they were the lowest-level clergy and were not qualified to contact divine arts.

Being male, unmarried, and willing to remain single is a condition for becoming a black robe.

The premise is that there is a belief in the gods in the heart.

The conditions for becoming a purple robe are even more stringent, and the age limit is increased - you must join the black robe guard for more than five years, and you must be no more than twenty years old when you are promoted to the purple robe, which means that if you want to become a purple robe, you must be before the age of fifteen to join the temple.

The promotion of the black robe to the purple robe was mainly by the vote of the purple-robed priest and the red-robed bishop.

The purple-robed priests each had one vote, the red-robed bishops had one vote for ten, and the pope did not participate in the voting.

After becoming a purple robe, it will take three years to systematically study theology, and then another five years to study divine arts, and then there will be an exam, if the purple robe wants to be promoted to the red robe bishop, the age must be over thirty-five years old.

A thousand years ago, the temple had many branches on this continent, and after becoming a purple robe, it would have its own territory to preach, but with the decline of the temple, now not to mention the purple-robed priests, even the cardinals do not have their own territory.

There are two main ways for purple-robed priests to be promoted to cardinals: cardinal voting and pope hand-picking.

Whether it is a black robe or a purple robe, if you want to be promoted, you must be attached to a cardinal or pope.

Otherwise, no one will vote for you when you are promoted, even if you are intelligent?

Since ancient times, rights have been based on human will.

There are also cases of direct promotion from a black robe to the pope, and there is only one time in the temple's thousand-year-old history.

At that time, the sage of Peiguo was founded, and the remnants of the previous dynasty came to the Great Wilderness Continent to prepare for the establishment of the country, and the temple was about to fall apart.

But that was 500 years ago.

History is always strikingly similar.

It's just that now it is Peiguo who helps the temple to build the country.

Not long ago, a red-robed bishop died, and now that the founding of the temple is imminent, there is an extreme shortage of manpower, so this promotion conference was held half a year in advance, and the promotion time requirements were also relaxed, reduced by one year.

It is said that after the promotion ceremony, the Pope will also broadcast it live around the world.

Announcing the establishment of the Kingdom of God, it will also take a name when the time comes, just like the Jingguo of the Divine Palace.

There will also be a magic show.

In the past, only people from the temple attended the promotion ceremony, but in order to show the solemnity, the Pope specially invited the magnates of Peiguo and the Stardust Federation and the envoys of the Divine Palace to come and watch the ceremony.

In addition to this, there are some leaders of small sects.

At this moment, the red carpet outside the temple hall is paved, and the whitebearded bishop is constantly arranging for the distinguished guests to be seated, and they are sitting at the door of the temple, and under the steps is the place where the promotion ceremony is held.

Lu Fan put his hands slightly together in his sleeves and put them in front of his lower abdomen, silently looking at the visiting guests.

The temple hasn't been so lively for a long time.

The stakes are very high, a duke came from Peiguo, a vice president came from the Stardust Federation, and the second elder of the Divine Palace sat not far away in a gorgeous red robe, his eyes slightly closed as if he was recuperating his spirits.

The black-robed guards were standing side by side in the distance, the purple robes were on both sides of the red carpet, and the Pope was slowly walking from a distance.

The empty right arm did not make him look embarrassed, on the contrary, he was dressed in a golden robe at this moment, his expression was solemn and solemn, and his momentum was stronger than before.

People are in good spirits on happy occasions, but the pope at this moment looks younger.

On this happy day, Lu Fan was a little worried, before the temple and Peiguo reached an agreement, Lening City as a branch of the temple to build a divine tower, Lu Fan originally planned to go.

He can take Lening as his preaching territory, one is to stay away from this barren desert, and the other is to be freer, in Lening he is the most powerful person, but now that the temple was founded, if he goes to Lening, he will be far away from the center of theocracy, and there will be another three or five years, and when more red-robed bishops are promoted, he will soon be marginalized.

Will they stay in a corner, or will they remain dormant in the temple for the next pope?

The head of the chicken and the tail of the phoenix seem to be a multiple-choice question, but they are actually propositions.

Just like the white-bearded bishop was actively greeting those distinguished guests at this moment, he also wanted to go to Lening before, but I am afraid that he would have given up this plan a long time ago.

Looking at the grand occasion in front of him, Lu Fan felt very uncomfortable, and was more unwilling.

Holding a gold coin in his hand, Lu Fan thought about flipping a coin and decided, if it was the positive side of the gold coin, he would go to Lening, and if it was the negative side, he would stay and leave everything to the god of fate.

Gold coins are tossed, fallen, heads.

Looking at the answer of the god of fate, Lu Fan was a little hesitant in his heart, he wanted to throw it again - when a person encounters something difficult to choose and does not know the true thoughts in his heart, he can choose to toss a coin to decide, and when you want to throw it again, you will know what you want.

Lu Fan wanted to stay.

Looking at the front of the coin, he hesitated.

At this moment, a purple-robed man hurried towards him, came to his ear and whispered something, hearing the purple-robed words, Lu Fan was shocked, but then looked at the Pope with a normal expression.

Jia Jiushan is here.

Jia Jiushan was accompanied by three young people.

Xue Yue was carrying a package, looking at the shape of an umbrella, but there was his Huangquan knife hidden inside, Zhuo Feng was holding a gorgeous umbrella in his hand, walking behind Jia Jiushan, covering Jia Jiushan from the sun like a dog's leg.

Chu Huan still wore the mask of the gods and walked last.

Zhuo Feng and Xue Yue both appeared in front of the Pope, and they both wore human skin masks.

Jia Jiushan was wearing a red robe, and as soon as he appeared, he looked at the Pope who was already sitting on the throne.

"Jia Jiushan is here at this time, I'm afraid he will make trouble." Lu Fan came to the Pope's side and whispered.

"Since he's here, nothing good will happen." The Pope met Jia Jiushan's gaze and nodded slightly, which was regarded as a greeting, but Jia Jiushan didn't appreciate it, and the black-robed guard who led the way in front walked a little slower, and was kicked to the ground by him.

Jia Jiushan's actions attracted everyone's side attention.

"Shameless thing, I should have killed him twenty years ago!" The Pope's face was a little ugly, but he was now high and didn't want to get angry on this festive day, so he turned his head and told Lu Fan twice, and Lu Fan took the order and left.

Coming to Jia Jiushan, Lu Fan said with a smile: "Brother Jia's demeanor is still the same, haha, but today's day is special, I won't gossip, if there is nothing to do, where else can Brother Jia go back and forth?" ”

"Lu Fan, I haven't seen you for so many years, but nothing has changed......" Jia Jiushan said and mocked: "Liu Pingsheng has long been used to being a dog to Qiu Fu, what's the matter, now you also want to stand in my way?" ”

Good dogs don't get in the way.

Lu Fan's expression changed, he hadn't dared to speak to him like this for so many years.

Liu Pingsheng is a white-bearded bishop, if you talk about strength, Lu Fan is not afraid of him, but from the moment he entered the temple, Liu Pingsheng worshiped under the door of the pope, and sat smoothly all the way to the position of the red-robed bishop, he naturally listened to the Pope's words.

Although Lu Fan was not convinced, he would not show it, and now Jia Jiushan said that he was the pope's lackey...... How could Lu Fan not be angry.

Taking a step forward, he held Jia Jiushan's hand, which seemed to be greeting, but in fact it was a competition, which was also the meaning of the Pope, asking Jia Jiushan not to be presumptuous.

One after another electricity surged down Lu Fan's hand towards Jia Jiushan's body, Jia Jiushan stared at Lu Fan, the expression on his face seemed to be smiling, as he silently recited a spell, his right hand became hot, Lu Fan was naturally unconvinced, he used his power to control electricity again, and both of them were shocked.

"Not bad." Jia Jiushan commented.

"Okay." Lu Fan replied, and after speaking, he turned sideways and led Jia Jiushan to the vacant seat in the corner on the side.

Although Jia Jiushan was no longer in the temple, he was still a priest of the temple, and the Pope asked Lu Fan to try his depth, and then arranged for Lu Fan to keep an eye on him, so as not to cause trouble for Jia Jiushan in the next ceremony.

It stands to reason that Jia Jiushan is the red-robed bishop of the temple, with an extraordinary status, and should sit next to the Pope, but he and the Pope are old enemies...... Now the Pope regrets the most that he did not remove Jia Jiushan from the temple in the first place, otherwise, Jia Jiushan would not be qualified to sit even if he came today.

Jia Jiushan sat down, and the second elder of the Divine Palace looked over, it was the first time for the two of them to see each other, but there were so many cardinals on the mainland, and they nodded to each other, which was regarded as a greeting.

After greeting him, the second elder's gaze fell on Zhuo Feng on Jia Jiushan's side, hesitated for a moment, and looked away.

Zhuo Feng has been looking left and right, waiting for the second elder's gaze to leave, and glanced at the second elder who closed his eyes again, a smile appeared at the corner of Zhuo Feng's mouth, he handed the umbrella in his hand to Xue Yue, and then said to Chu Huan: "See, the fat man in front of him who is brightly dressed and has a red face is the Duke of Peiguo, Meng Shenglong." ”

Needless to say, this person Zhuo Feng also knew Chu Huan, there were only three dukes in Peiguo, and when he was in Lening, he saw the dukes attending various ceremonies.

In Chu Huan's impression, this person seems to be a little showy, just like the idle prince in ancient times, who likes to join in the fun.

At the feet of the duke, there was a white-eyed tiger with a hanging forehead, looking at the mountain to be docile and abnormal.

"The middle-aged man in a suit, leather shoes, and oily hair who has to stop when it falls is the vice president of the Federation, Kong Shansong."

Kong Shansong had been talking to Lord Duke, his eyes were looking at this side intentionally or unintentionally, but the focus was not on Chu Huan's side, but on the second elder of the Divine Palace.

After the arrival of the Shrine Mission, he did not immediately contact the Shrine Mission, and remained stationed outside the city, and did not come until today, and Kong Shansong has been guessing the purpose of the Shrine Mission's trip.

The temple was founded, and the shrine appeared its biggest competitor, and it was not the style of the shrine to not respond.

Otherwise, if the temple grows over time, won't the temple be a tiger?

More people's eyes fell on Chu Huan's body, guessing who this person with the mask of a god was, why he followed Jia Jiushan, and why he didn't show his true face.

Speculation is speculation, and no one has come forward to find out, because at this moment, the auspicious time has come, and the promotion of the temple priests and the founding ceremony have officially begun.

The Pope stood up, swept his gaze to the audience, and then spoke:

"Fengtian carriers, the temple is ten thousand years."

At this moment, the second elder of the Divine Palace stood up.

Step by step, he walked towards the Pope on the steps.

Neither humble nor arrogant.

All eyes on you.

It caused a lot of discussion.

What does he want to do?

As Bishop Whitebeard waved, the camera that was being broadcast live around the world was temporarily interrupted.

Strife begins.

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