Chapter 284

"This poor monk, today, forfeits."

Ming Qi's words left Li Fei stunned.

The other party stopped him from taking medicine, it turned out not to influence his competition, but to forfeit the competition!

Hearing this, the entire venue was shocked, and then exploded!

"What's the situation?"

"Is it for real?"

"Is he crazy?"

"..."

No one understood why Ming Qi would do this, clearly his chances of winning were high, clearly His Highness the Crown Prince had just added a heavy stake.

Forfeiting under such circumstances?

Isn't this slapping the Crown Prince in the face in public?

On the main viewing platform, the Crown Prince's face indeed became very gloomy.

"Ming Qi!"

Master Wu Ji, the team leader of Pudu Temple, stood up from his seat, looking at Ming Qi below with a stern gaze:

"What nonsense are you talking about?!"

The scene quickly quieted down, and everyone looked at Ming Qi.

This Buddhist son, who gave people a clean and transparent feeling from inside to outside, like glaze, said sincerely:

"It is not that I am unwilling to compete, but because I no longer meet the requirements for participation. A monk must not speak recklessly, must not deceive, so I can only forfeit and withdraw from the competition."

Master Wu Ji on the main viewing platform was stunned, as if he suddenly thought of something, his face changing slightly.

"Why do you not meet the requirements for participation?"

His Highness the Crown Prince suddenly asked.

His face often carried a smile, giving people an easy-going image, but at this moment, there was undisguised anger on his face!

Ming Qi put his hands together, and a trace of loneliness appeared in his clean eyes:

"Because today I am 26 years old."

"..."

On the main viewing platform, a group of big figures, including the Crown Prince, were all stunned.

No one expected that Ming Qi would choose to forfeit and withdraw from the competition for this reason.

This Martial Arts Exchange Tournament stipulated that the age of the participating contestants could not exceed 25.

Among the eight peerless geniuses, only Gan Jingcheng and Ming Qi were just on the line of 25 years old.

No one expected that Ming Qi would happen to turn 26 today, on the day of the final.

Did Pudu Temple not know about it?

If he was going to withdraw, why didn't he say so beforehand?

And taking a step back, a day earlier or a day later, as long as Ming Qi didn't say it himself, who would know that he was already 26 years old today?

There are indeed means to measure bone age in this world, and all the contestants in this tournament had also been tested.

But measuring bone age also has errors; it cannot be accurate to a specific day, with an error of about a month.

So Ming Qi could completely hide this matter.

Just because a monk does not tell lies, he gave up the reward of the championship and a bright future?

The most critical thing is that he also offended His Highness the Crown Prince!

The tens of thousands of people at the scene and the audience watching the live broadcast in front of their televisions could not understand it at all.

"Your Highness!"

On the main viewing platform, Master Wu Ji suddenly turned and bowed to the Crown Prince:

"This matter is a mistake caused by me, the team leader, not checking carefully. I am willing to bear all the blame alone!"

The Crown Prince's eyes changed, and finally, a smile appeared on his face again.

He stood up and personally helped Master Wu Ji up: "Master, no need to be like this. Ming Qi being so honest shows that the monks of your Pudu Temple have noble character, which truly makes me admire!"

"Your Highness..."

Master Wu Ji stood up and looked at the Crown Prince, wanting to say something but stopping.

The Crown Prince no longer looked at him, turning his head to look at Ming Qi below:

"Ming Qi, since you are so honest, why didn't you inform us in advance, and had to wait until today before the final started to say it?"

This is also the most infuriating part.

You have noble character, saying a monk does not tell lies, good!

Then why did you have to wait until now to say it?

Where do you put the expectations of so many people?

Where do you put the face of His Highness the Crown Prince?

Ming Qi lowered his head:

"This is the selfishness of this little monk; this little monk has failed everyone."

After speaking, he bowed deeply to the surroundings again.

"Oh?"

The Crown Prince was expressionless, "What kind of selfishness?"

Ming Qi slowly stood up and told his story in a calm voice:

"I was an abandoned baby. It was Master Lu Changwu of Pudu Temple who found me on the side of the road, brought me back to the temple, raised me, taught me, and let me grow up.

I don't know who my parents are, so I regard Master Lu Changwu as my parents. I don't know my birthday, so I regard the day Master Lu Changwu picked me up on the side of the road as my birthday.

That day was the 20th year of Hongguang, September 24th. So today, I am already 26 years old."

The Crown Prince looked at him: "You say selfishness, you just want everyone in the world to know that this day is your birthday?"

Ming Qi looked at the Crown Prince calmly, and a smile appeared on his face:

"I want everyone in the world to know that my master, Lu Changwu, picked me up on this day. Without him, there would be no Ming Qi today!"

The old monk's robe he wore today was the clothes Lu Changwu had mended for him in the past and left for him.

"Sigh."

Master Wu Ji sighed on the side.

The seniority of Pudu Temple is arranged in the order of "Zhen, Ru, Xing, Hai, Ji, Zhao, Pu, Tong, Zhi, Hui, Qing, Jing, Wu, Ming, Hui, Chang."

Pudu Temple is a sect passed down for thousands of years; currently, the highest seniority is the "Jing" generation, and the lowest is the "Chang" generation.

Lu Changwu, who adopted Ming Qi, was of the "Chang" generation, and was just an ordinary disciple at the very bottom of Pudu Temple his whole life.

And Ming Qi showed extremely high martial arts talent from a young age, and was finally accepted as a disciple by Grandmaster Wu Zhao, the hall master of the Jin Gang Hall, so his seniority was directly raised to the "Ming" generation.

Lu Changwu passed away when Ming Qi was seventeen, and as the most ordinary disciple, his death was calm and without waves.

And that day happened to be the day the Jin Gang Hall selected disciples. Ming Qi participated in the aptitude test with everyone, and at the same time prepared to incorporate an implant, formally embarking on the martial path.

Just on that day, the result of Ming Qi's aptitude test shocked the high-level officials of the Jin Gang Hall!

After he successfully incorporated the implant, Grandmaster Wu Zhao, the hall master of the Jin Gang Hall, accepted him as a disciple.

On this day, Ming Qi became famous throughout Pudu Temple!

Also on this day, he lost Lu Changwu, whom he regarded as his parents.

There was no conspiracy in this; it was Lu Changwu who specifically didn't let anyone inform Ming Qi of his situation. Before he died, he repeatedly urged not to let Ming Qi know, because today was Ming Qi's big day.

He was just an ordinary martial artist of the Broken Body stage, an ordinary disciple of Pudu Temple, and should not affect Ming Qi, who was destined to be brilliant.

This was the old monk's last thought, so Ming Qi couldn't see him for the last time.

Since then, people only saw Ming Qi's cultivation getting higher and higher, and his light getting brighter and brighter.

The world only knew the genius Ming Qi, and didn't know who Lu Changwu was.

No one would remember an ordinary monk.

The current Ming Qi is already the contemporary Buddhist son of Pudu Temple, but Pudu Temple also doesn't know his specific birthday.

Before Lu Changwu died, every September 24th, the old monk would specifically cook a bowl of longevity noodles for Ming Qi.

The two were in the room, one burying his head in eating noodles, the other watching with a smile, which counted as having a simple birthday.

Before Ming Qi became famous, no one paid attention to this day.

After Ming Qi became famous, he didn't celebrate his birthday anymore, so no one knew about this day.

Today, Ming Qi, in a competition venue of tens of thousands of people, on a program broadcast nationwide for the first time, made everyone in the world remember this day!

"Forfeiting the competition to make people remember is not glorious. If you had announced this after winning the championship, wouldn't it have made a deeper impression on the world?"

The Crown Prince stared at Ming Qi tightly and asked.

At this moment, everyone present had already seen some clues.

His Highness the Crown Prince very much hoped that Ming Qi, or rather, hoped that Pudu Temple could win the championship.

This might not be as simple as just a champion!

Ming Qi looked up at the Crown Prince and smiled slightly:

"Just forfeiting the competition is indeed not enough to make the world remember."

After speaking, he turned around and walked to the center of the venue in a few steps.

The next second, a brilliant golden light bloomed from his body!

"This is..."

Seeing this scene, Li Fei immediately recalled several scenes he had seen before.

Gu Yuefeng breaking through on the spot.

Qin Zhen and Kou Fa breaking through on the spot.

At this moment, the feeling Ming Qi gave Li Fei was so familiar.

He was also going to break through!

But he was only 26 years old this year!

Kou Fa, who had just broken through to the realm of Martial Arts Master a few days ago, was 61 years old, which is a relatively normal age.

Qin Zhen was 31 years old, an age sufficient to leave a name in history!

In the thousand-year history of the martial path, the youngest Martial Arts Master was 28 years old.

This record had been maintained for more than three hundred years, and no one could break it.

Now, Ming Qi, only 26 years old, was going to break through to the realm of Martial Arts Master!

If he could succeed, he would break the record that had been sealed for more than three hundred years, and would reduce this record by two years at once.

He would become another first in history!

Now everyone understood Ming Qi's intention.

Just as the Crown Prince said, if it was just forfeiting the competition, it was not glorious enough, and it was difficult to make the world remember.

But if Ming Qi broke through to become a Martial Arts Master today, and was the Martial Arts Master with the fastest breakthrough speed in history.

Then not only would everyone in the world remember this day, but this day would also be recorded in history and passed down for thousands of years!

Inside the competition venue, everyone's eyes were focused on Ming Qi, who was shining with golden light.

The gloom in the Crown Prince's eyes had disappeared, replaced by anticipation and excitement.

Master Wu Ji on the side had a worried look in his eyes.

He was worried that Ming Qi was too eager for success and his realm was not yet perfect.

Worried that Ming Qi would fail to break through.

Ming Qi's momentum began to rise continuously, and his golden body was brilliant.

He had incorporated five types of implants, and all five types of implants had cultivated Innate Qi, and had also stimulated core-level extraordinary abilities.

In terms of combat power, he was also above the 7th grade, at the peak of the Dao Foundation stage!

It was just that there were few combat records of him taking action before, so "Under Heaven" did not list him in the general list of wind and clouds and the candidate list.

After all, there are more than twenty peak Dao Foundation stage powerhouses in the world, and not every peak Dao Foundation stage powerhouse can be on the list.

However, judging from Ming Qi's performance in defeating Ning Chuan in the previous match, he was definitely qualified to be on the list!

But before "Under Heaven" updated the list, Ming Qi was about to break through.

A Dao Foundation stage powerhouse who had incorporated five types of implants was already qualified to impact the realm of Martial Arts Master, but the risk was extremely high and the probability was extremely low.

The more core-level extraordinary abilities stimulated, the deeper the fusion between the implant and oneself, and the more perfect the "Essence, Qi, and Spirit," the greater the chance of breaking through.

Therefore, peak Dao Foundation stage powerhouses can be regarded as "future Martial Arts Masters."

But this is not 100%.

There are not a few peak Dao Foundation stage powerhouses who failed to break through in history!

Qin Zhen polished himself at the peak of the Dao Foundation stage for several years before choosing to break through; one was so that the future Great Dao could be walked better and the upper limit could be higher.

The second was to increase the success rate of breaking through.

Ming Qi had stepped into the peak of the Dao Foundation stage for less than half a year; was he really perfect?

This was Master Wu Ji's worry.

On the field, Ming Qi smiled at the corners of his mouth, recalling the bits and pieces he had with Lu Changwu:

"Master, they all say I am a child no one wants!"

"Silly child, you are a child of Pudu Temple, a child of Master."

"Master, everyone is discussing future Dharma names today. They say my future Dharma name can take the word 'Qi', the 'Qi' of abandoned. Master, I don't want a Dharma name anymore!"

"The word 'Qi' is also quite good."

"Master?"

"But you must remember, this 'Qi' is not abandoned, it is never leaving and never forsaking."

"Never leaving and never forsaking?"

"Yes, never leaving and never forsaking."

"Good, my future Dharma name must have this word 'Qi', never leaving and never forsaking!"

"..."

If he could choose, Ming Qi would rather he hadn't gone to participate in the Jin Gang Hall's selection that day and hadn't been accepted as a disciple by the Grandmaster.

He just wanted to see Lu Changwu one last time.

That was his "never leaving and never forsaking"!

In this tournament, students from various universities were competing for fame for their respective universities and for themselves.

Gan Jingcheng wanted to compete for fame for the Shangqing Sect.

Ning Chuan also wanted to compete for fame for the Daluo Sect.

Only Ming Qi was different.

"Master, disciple today..."

"Compete for fame for you!"

At a certain moment, dazzling golden light covered the entire venue, a dragon roar sounded, and Sanskrit sounds spread throughout the entire Tianqu University.

When the golden light converged and the Sanskrit sounds disappeared, Ming Qi stood in the field with a calm face.

The sunlight shone on him, and the old monk's robe on him actually looked a bit golden and shining at this moment, no longer ordinary.

"Amitabha, disciple of Lu Changwu of Pudu Temple, breaks through today."

Ming Qi put his hands together and said loudly.

46th year of Hongguang, September 24th.

Ming Qi of Pudu Temple broke through to the realm of Martial Arts Master, only 26 years old.

The abandoned child of twenty-six years ago has now become the first in history!

People in the world remembered this ordinary day because of Ming Qi, and also remembered the ordinary monk Lu Changwu.

Abandoned for twenty-six years, breaking through in one day and becoming famous in the world!

Asking for monthly tickets.

(End of chapter)