Criteria To Leave

 'What scheme could this old man be creating', the smirk on the olds man face had already sold him out. As if noticing Jian Chen, the old man immediately wiped out his smirk, replacing it with a stern elder look. 

 " Sir old Qing " Jina ling called out in a serious tone, " I have to leave " Jian Ling said in a low tone, The old man face expression was immediately replaced with a frown, Although he suspected that such a thing may occur as Jian ling was likely to have a family outside waiting for him, but then suspecting it and hearing it was two different ball game. 

 Old Qing felt like he just flew to the sky and was then forcefully plunged back to the ground inwardly, ' Should I obstruct him from leaving, Can i really just let a germ like him fly off my fingers, Even though I do have other germs, but the more they are the better', The old man was currently in deep contemplation on what to do. ' But then if I should really obstruct him, wouldn't it make him feel hatred towards the clan, It isn't really smart to make unnecessary future enemies especially when the situation can be managed ' The old man kept on speaking to himself inwardly, He felt like he was stock in the middle of a pond of hot water that might actually be a lava and then on the other side is an ocean. After a bit more of thinking, He finally made his choice, ' I guess it is the ocean then '.

 Jian Ling on the other hand looked worried, He was currently thinking if what he should do if Old Qing decides to not let him go, He knew he couldn't possibly hope to fight Old Qing, and neither could he hope to escape as he didn't even know where the exit of the tower was. He just stood there gritting his teeth's, it really felt vexing for him to have his fate in the hands of others, but he knew that was actually how live worked.

 " hahhhhh " Old Qing let out a deep breath of air, " If you choose to leave, i can't stop you, though i really hope you wouldn't as the dangers outside this place is unpredictable, and therefore so is your survival " 

 " So, let's do it this way, you have to at least break through the dao condensation stage before you could leave this place " Old man Qing said.

 On hearing old man Qing, Jian Ling immediately felt a gust of rage form from within him, he felt like his head could possibly ooze out smoke at this point. " You ... You..., Aren't you treating me like a fool, you could have directly tied me up to ensure I dont leave than making such impossible demands, if you won't let me go, I promise to fight my way out of here even if I could die " 

 " Hahahahahahaha " A loud laughter escaped old Qing mouth upon hearing Jian ling. He felt like he was currently watching his child throw tantrums, Being there to watch all the geniuses in the tower today grow up and having them always look up to him as a fatherly figure, He had developed this fatherly sense of clear, and so therefore now that he seemed that Jian ling was also a member of the clan though he had yet to know his core identity, He had already added Jian Ling to his least of his foster children.

 " Where do you think you are, do you think you are at the little place you called home. This is the Jian Clan, even your juniors had longed surpassed the dao condensation stage " Said Old Man Qing

 Jian ling was shocked when he heard that, ' Does it mean any ordinary cultivator that's my peer here could completely beat-up Lin Di ', He couldn't believe that in front of the Jian clan people like his former father were completely vulnerable, it was really an eye opener for Jian ling.

 " I do really wish I could stay, but I can't, someone is probably already searching for me outside " Jian ling spoke with his tone having this sense of urgency. 

 " Your Family I guess " Old Qing asked

 " No, I have no family, only a master " Jian Ling replied again.

 " You said your father gave you your surname right " Old Qing asked again, but this time he was confused. 

 " I was banished from the clan of recent " Jian ling replied to him, completely emotionless about it. Even though his previous state of no feelings seemed to have been treated due to the old's man aura, He still couldn't bring his self to carte about a family who did all those things to him, And finding the Jian Clan which seems likely to be the clan he was related to, he didn't see the Lin clan as a clan he cared about anymore, after all their action of sending him to death had already directly sealed their identity as strangers forever, Probably only with the exception of his little sister Lin Ling.

 " Banished " Old man Qing eyes glinted with a confused eye.

 " Long story, am sorry I don't want to share " Jian ling said

 " I shared mine, so I think you owe me that. As a matter of that, that's officially one of the criterions for you leaving this place " Old Qing said with a smirk.

 " Shameless " Jian ling muttered under his breath.