Qian Daoliu's burning gaze swept over everyone present. Though he had phrased it as a question, his tone left no room for disagreement.
His earlier joke about letting Bai Ranmo succeed as Pope had never been a real possibility. Those files had gotten so far into his head that he had briefly considered it.
Now that he had come to his senses and thought it through, he knew it would be a mistake.
Everything else was secondary. Bai Ranmo was in his Golden Cultivation Age. How could he waste that time serving as Pope?
His granddaughter Qian Renxue also had the Angel God Trial ahead of her. She had little enough time to relax as it was. If she had to spend her free time handling the Pope's duties too, it would be far too much. So...
"I'm afraid you'll have to bear the burden, Second Brother!" Qian Daoliu told Golden Crocodile Douluo through Soul Power Transmission.
"..." Golden Crocodile Douluo's eyelid twitched wildly. He was over two hundred years old and had spent more than a century taking it easy in the Worship Hall. He had no desire to become Acting Pope now.
But Qian Daoliu had made his decision, so Golden Crocodile Douluo said nothing more. He did decide that the other Consecrations would not get to sit idle. If this old man had to handle official business, they could shoulder some of it too!
Someone was about to question whether Bai Ranmo could bear the responsibilities of Elder of Judgment in ten years, but another person stopped him with a look. They could discuss that in ten years. If he raised it now, though, there might not be a place for him here by then.
Seeing that no one present objected, Qian Daoliu nodded in satisfaction.
"Great