The next day.
The temple held an investiture ceremony. The Temple had arranged an exceptionally grand event this time. Not only had the Twelve Main Priests come, but many royals and powerful figures had also been invited to witness it. The Temple Hall was filled with four to five hundred beastmen.
The ceremony was solemn but not cumbersome. After walking down the red carpet, Jiang Hao came before the High Priest and placed a hand over his chest in salute. The High Priest returned the courtesy, pinned a badge to Jiang Hao's chest, and bestowed upon him the title of Scepter Priest.
Then,
he took out another golden badge. This time, the High Priest was clearly very excited. "Our beastman nation has finally produced another Holy Dragon Priest. The glory of War God Kampas shines upon the land, foretelling that the beastmen will only grow stronger."
Applause and cheers erupted from below the stage.
Jiang Hao took the opportunity to release the aura of a Holy Dragon Priest, allowing everyone present to feel it. The High Priest had actually wanted the people to see the Holy Dragon with their own eyes, but Vian Great Shaman had talked him out of it.
"The human nations will certainly seek intelligence once they learn that the Beastman Empire has produced a Holy Dragon Priest. A Holy Dragon Priest can serve as a tremendous deterrent. If they learn that Richard's Holy Dragon is still only a hatchling, that deterrent will be greatly weakened. They may even try every possible means to assassinate him. It is better not to reveal it, preserving both mystery and intimidation," Turtle Immortal said.
The red-robed High Priest found the reasoning sound and accepted it. From the beginning until now, very few people knew that Jiang Hao's Holy Dragon was