A Family Should Be Together

"Father, Mother." At the same time, in a certain stretch of the universe, Su Ke had already rendezvoused with his parents.

"You child..." Su Kai glanced at Su Ke, who had already broken through to the Planetary Rank, and then at the C6-class spaceship and the group of Stellar Rank powerhouses not far behind him. He had originally had a lot to say, but now, he couldn't get the words out.

His son was no longer the person he used to be; he could no longer be treated with the attitude one held toward a child.

Su Ke said, "You two should board my ship. What is the speed of your ship? B7-class? Then let's discard it."

Although they were floating in a vacuum, Planetary Rank individuals did not need to breathe. Whether using origin energy transmission or communicators, conversing in the starry sky was no problem at all.

Hearing his son's wealthy and overbearing words, Su Kai and Alice were speechless. It was a B7-class spaceship, after all—something they might not have been able to afford even after working their entire lives—yet their son had discarded it so nonchalantly.

However, thinking of the 100 billion their son had given them... a B7-class spaceship really didn't seem like much.

Su Kai and Alice boarded the C6-class spaceship and met Zuo Mu and the others. They were considered acquaintances, so both sides exchanged greetings, though Zuo Mu and his companions appeared rather reserved.

"Son, what do you plan to do next?" Once they were away from the others, Su Kai couldn't help but ask.

His own son had actually killed someone from the Blood Spring Society. What was the Blood Spring Society? It was a powerful force entrenched across several star systems.

Even if his son had a ninth-stage Stellar Rank guard by his side, it was still impossible to contend with the Blood Spring Society.

That was a behemoth that Su Kai and his wife could only look up to with fear in the past.

"I can't face the Blood Spring Society head-on right now, so I plan to move far away from the Feiluo Star System and the other star systems within their sphere of influence," Su Ke said. "As long as we fly far enough, the Blood Spring Society won't be able to find us, and we'll be much safer."

"Hmm, that is indeed a solution." Su Kai and his wife both agreed.

The Blood Spring Society was formidable, but in the grand scale of the universe, it was merely an inconspicuous existence. Even among the countless forces within the Jialan Empire, it didn't even come close to being ranked.

The Jialan Empire possessed vast territories, directly controlling over ten thousand star systems and having more than eight hundred vassal primary cosmic civilizations! In such a vast region, the area the Blood Spring Society could influence was but a tiny fraction.

"The Feiluo Star System has a diameter of 136,000 light-years. From our current position, it will only take a little over a day to fly out of it," Su Ke said. A virtual star map appeared before him, and he pointed to several locations. "There, there, and there... Feiluo, Huimo, and several other star systems are all within the Blood Spring Society's sphere of influence, so we won't be going there."

"With our ship's speed, it generally only takes two to four days to cross a star system."

"In just one month, we can cross ten star systems! With ten star systems between us, the Blood Spring Society trying to find us? It would undoubtedly be like looking for a needle in a haystack," Su Ke said. "Most importantly, we can appear anywhere; the Blood Spring Society couldn't possibly know where we are headed."

The universe was so vast that trying to find someone who was deliberately hiding was truly as difficult as ascending to heaven. For instance, if one hid in an asteroid belt in a remote, starless stretch of space and cut off all contact with the outside world, who could possibly find them?

"For safety's sake, I will try my best to stay away from the Blood Spring Society's territory, and we won't easily land on any planet along the way. Our final destination this time is... the Canglan Star System." Su Ke clearly had a plan already.

"The Canglan Star System?" Su Kai and Alice vaguely felt the name was familiar.

"Yes, it's the place where the Jialan Empire and the Saiyan Empire meet, located right on the border," Su Ke said, tapping a spot on the star map.

According to the description on the cosmic map, the Canglan Star System belonged to the territory of a primary cosmic civilization called the Wuyue Empire. The Wuyue Empire consisted of nine star systems and was considered a relatively powerful primary cosmic civilization; many such civilizations only comprised one or two star systems. The Wuyue Empire was among the top ten most powerful vassal states of the Jialan Empire.

Su Kai and his wife looked at that location, then compared it to their current position... it was indeed very far.

"So far?" Alice exclaimed.

"It's only safe if it's this far." Su Kai, on the other hand, wished for the destination his son chose to be as far as possible.

"Maintaining our current speed, it will take two years to reach the Canglan Star System," Su Ke said. "As for how we'll settle down there... we are citizens of the Jialan Empire, a mid-level cosmic civilization, so settling down in a primary cosmic civilization's territory won't be a problem." Furthermore, he had enough Jialan Coins and powerful guards; that was his true source of confidence. Otherwise, in an unfamiliar place, who knew what might happen?

"It should be safe at such a distance. If it's still not enough, we can cross the imperial border and enter another mid-level cosmic civilization." Su Ke had considered other methods, such as seeking refuge with a certain faction or buying property on an important imperial planet like Purple Phoenix Planet, as planets had an obligation to protect their residents! Moreover, with super-powerhouses acting as a deterrent, few people dared to cause trouble. However, he wasn't at ease. Remembering the slaughter that occurred on Moon River Planet, he felt that it might not be enough to deter the Blood Spring Society. What if they resorted to schemes or took a desperate gamble? He didn't want to risk his own safety or the safety of those around him. It was best to ensure the Blood Spring Society couldn't find them at all.

"Good, son, you've done well." Su Kai and his wife both felt there was nothing wrong with their son's approach.

Su Ke said apologetically, "It's just that for these two years, Father and Mother will have to spend your time on the spaceship."

Su Kai and Alice exchanged a smile.

"Your mother and I have worked for an interstellar shipping company for many years; we've long been accustomed to living on spaceships for long periods," Su Kai said with a carefree laugh. "Besides, the situation is special now. It's normal to endure a little; it will be fine once we arrive."

Alice, however, suddenly frowned.

Seeing his wife's expression, Su Kai suddenly remembered something and slapped his forehead. "Ah, I forgot one thing." He looked at the confused Su Ke and said helplessly, "Your mother is pregnant."

Su Ke was dumbfounded. He was about to have a sibling? But his parents were still "young"—if they were Earthlings, they would only be a young couple in their twenties, so having a child was quite normal. He snapped out of it and asked, "Then Mother..."

Alice calmly touched her flat, undisturbed belly. "I've only been pregnant for less than a month; it's fine." With Alice's Planetary Rank physical constitution, she was strong enough to kill a dinosaur; she certainly didn't look like she was in any trouble.

Su Kai, becoming a father for the second time, didn't show any signs of worry either.

Su Ke, however, was worried that it would affect his mother's health. "Since Mother is pregnant, we should find a place to settle down first and wait for Mother to give birth..." He had prepared cultivation resources for his parents and plenty of supplies on the ship, enough for a long interstellar voyage, but he hadn't considered the issue of pregnancy.

"I said it's fine." Alice didn't feel that being pregnant and living on a spaceship was a problem at all. She shook her head. "I'm not that delicate. Ask your father; when I was pregnant with you, we worked on a spaceship for over half a year, got into several fights, and still managed to give birth to you and raise you to this size."

Su Ke was stunned, feeling that his own birth might have truly been a stroke of luck.