After Lorraine returned yesterday, the temple's elders received Abel's reply, which she had brought back, and learned about the two Promotion Qi slots. They also learned that once Lorraine became the official Saintess, he would continue helping the temple's Great Druids advance.
What Abel hadn't expected was how delighted the temple's elders were by the news. In their view, asking the Tree of Life to help a Great Druid advance was a major matter—how could it possibly come without a price?
The fact that Abel could directly provide two Promotion Qi slots had already left them extremely satisfied.
Last night, several elders and the Great Druids discussed the matter for the entire night. At last, they settled on the candidates for the two slots.
When Abel saw the two Great Druids beside Lorraine, he discovered that one of them was Great Druid Lucia, who had always followed Lorraine. The other was an elderly female Great Druid whose aura was clearly weakened. From the reaction of her aura, her life would reach its end within at most a few years.
Although the death of a temple Great Druid only meant returning to the Goddess's embrace, every Great Druid had various interest groups behind them. Without the support of the Druids, it would have been impossible to advance from a low level all the way to become a Great Druid.
Anyone who had a chance to remain alive would not wish to die.
The temple's discussion yesterday had been extremely heated. In the end, Great Druid Lucia became one of the two candidates without any suspense. Her relationship with Lorraine was the closest, and she had interacted with Abel the most.
The other slot went to this already aged Great Druid. She was also the one who needed it most, because she