Chester, upon hearing Dong Tianyu’s refusal to trade, didn’t feel overly disappointed, after all, he had already come to terms with this possibility before his visit.

So when Dong Tianyu declined the deal, Chester consciously changed the subject, seeking to understand Dong Tianyu’s network of relationships, which could also provide indirect insight into Dong Tianyu’s current situation.

When he learned that Dong Tianyu’s parents were still alive, Chester thought about encouraging Dong Tianyu to bring his parents over to live here.

Through some time spent together, Chester had noticed that no matter how Dong Tianyu appeared on the surface, at his core, he was still quite traditional.

It is often said that elderly parents don’t want their children to go far away—the old saying is good: "When parents are alive, do not travel afar."

However, they never mention the next line: "If you must travel, you should have a plan."

The meaning of this is that children can go out and make their way in the world, but they must regularly contact their parents, let them know where they are, and not vanish without a trace.

Chester understood that Dong Tianyu was like Taishi Ci in the Three Kingdoms—once his parents were brought over here, no matter how far or long Dong Tianyu ran, he would always have to return to this place in the end.

Dong Tianyu’s current thoughts actually coincided with Chester’s, given that Ye Liuyun had fallen out of favor and Father Dong and Mother Dong had stood on the wrong side. Although they might not face any punishment, being isolated by the ruling faction was an inevitable circumstance.

While the two had breakfast, even though the deal about the Blood-Colored Mysterious Core wasn’t concluded, they did finish discussing the arrangements for Dong Tianyu’s parents.

Chester had already promised Dong Tianyu that if he brought his parents over to live, he couldn’t arrange a room equivalent in size to this one, but he could guarantee that Dong Tianyu could buy a place of around sixty square meters at double the market price.

One should know that the sixty square meters mentioned here didn’t include shared spaces; it was the actual usable area, large enough for a small three-bedroom or a spacious two-bedroom residence.

No matter how good the relationship between children and parents, it’s best for the grown children not to live with their parents. Distance creates beauty; this is the wisdom of those who have been there before.

After hearing Chester’s promise, Dong Tianyu no longer hesitated and prepared to go directly to Ye Liuyun to bring his parents over.

After breakfast, Dong Tianyu immediately bid Chester farewell, took the locator device given by Chester, and ascended into the sky on his sword.

The positioning device Chester gave Dong Tianyu wasn’t an ordinary instrument produced before the disaster but a piece of black technology developed by the Imperial Court afterward.

By using it to make a call, once the other party answered, as long as their communication device wasn’t encrypted, the device could pinpoint the caller’s approximate location within about ten seconds.

It was quite difficult to use this device to locate someone precisely, but locking onto the general area of a vessel was still simple.

The phone had barely connected and before the other party could speak, Dong Tianyu, with an exasperating tone, blurted out, "Little Ye, how are you getting along? Do you need your big brother to take care of you?"

Ye Liuyun, on the other end of the phone, not angry at Dong Tianyu’s provocative tone, replied somewhat gloomily, "How else? Same as always, just twiddling my thumbs in boredom every day."

"If you’re bored stiff, why don’t you come over and give your big brother a hand?"

Ye Liuyun, taken aback by Dong Tianyu’s offer, didn’t immediately grasp the situation, since in his memory, Dong Tianyu always preferred to be alone, never joining others for team outings.

Thus, although Ye Liuyun was somewhat tempted by Dong Tianyu’s proposal, he still responded stubbornly, "I don’t need your pity; I’m just..."

Before Ye Liuyun could finish speaking, Dong Tianyu saw that the device in his hand had successfully located the target; he thus hung up the phone and set out in the direction indicated by the device.

With Dong Tianyu employing his full strength, his Sword Flight speed had reached the speed of sound. Hence, even though Blue Star had expanded several times over, Dong Tianyu only took a morning to see from afar the outline of the ship where his parents were.

Approaching by Sword Flight at this juncture was not quite appropriate, as the trip was intended to pick up his parents. Sword Flight was fine for solo travel, but Dong Tianyu thought it over and decided against it for bringing people along.

He released the Wave Rider from his Storage Space, and because it had been refined into an initial-stage Magical Weapon, it didn’t require many crew members to operate. Dong Tianyu could simply control it with his Divine Sense.

Standing on the deck of the Wave Rider, Dong Tianyu maneuvered the ship closer to the giant cruiser his parents were on.

Compared to the mega-ton ship that Ye Liuyun had acquired, Dong Tianyu’s Wave Rider was only about the size of a 5,000 to 6,000-ton cruise ship.

However, whether now or before the disaster, those who had such tonnage ships were no simple individuals.

So when Dong Tianyu steered the Wave Rider closer, the other party had already spotted its silhouette. As the Wave Rider drew near the large ship, the people on the other side who saw Dong Tianyu standing on the deck immediately used signal flags to communicate.

It’s just that Dong Tianyu didn’t understand signal flags, so even as the other side flailed their arms, he had no idea what they were trying to say.

Seeing Dong Tianyu shrug and then spread his hands out to the sides, they immediately realized that he presumably didn’t understand signal flags.

Although they had speedboats on their ship, they clearly wouldn’t deploy one just for Wave Rider, an unanticipated visitor. Especially considering that this was in contrast to the constant floating of the Magic City No. 3 water Platform.