The male supporting character was actually myself.

He once said that in his dream, the airship was swept up and crashed into the lower half of a flying island before crashing. At that time, he could not see the situation clearly, but he was sure there was nothing above.

So we must fly upwards. If we can successfully reach the top of the island, we might be able to find a place to land and escape disaster!

At this point, the airship needs to have enough buoyancy to fly upwards while maintaining its own weight so as not to be swept away by the strong winds, which really tests the piloting skills.

Fortunately, Jiang Chen and others were protecting the masts from above. So far, only the smallest one has broken and cannot be replaced. The other masts are still working smoothly. There are dedicated personnel to guard and coordinate each part of the interior cabin, so no matter what measures the helmsmen take, they can be implemented immediately.

Thus, with this combined force that condensed the entire airship's core into a single energy, the Cloud Dream City lived up to expectations and finally soared higher and higher, gradually shaking off the tornado's violent suction.

Just then, a huge, dark object hidden in the tornado slowly revealed its true form.

"Flying Island!"

The old captain, with his sharp eyes, analyzed the chaotic data from the detection instruments and excitedly shouted, "The flying island has indeed appeared, right behind us on the right! Quick, get the airship up higher!"

"Snap! Snap! Snap!" The helmsman activated all the flight stones and pressed the emergency ascent button. Streams of blue (no) airflow propelled the entire Cloud Dream City upwards rapidly from below.

Jiang Chen and others who were holding the line felt a sharp pain in their eardrums and a dull ache in their chests that was hard to suppress. Then suddenly their vision opened up – the Yun Shen Meng Cheng ship had rapidly risen in a very short time and had temporarily escaped the tornado's attack.

"An island! There's an island below us!"

After everyone adjusted to the situation, they all looked down. At this moment, the entire airship was flying in the clouds, and they could vaguely see land below with new green grass growing on it.

"Drop anchor! Land!"

The helmsman barely waited for the old captain to give the order before dropping the giant anchor and shutting down the flight stones one by one. Then, the Cloud Dream City slowly descended.

"Phew! The script is finally starting to update." The little white cat breathed a sigh of relief and hopped up to find its host.

After the airship landed on land, the flying island was clearly caught in a tornado. The sky was pitch black and the storm was still raging. Jiang Chen and the others were surrounded by people and arranged to take a hot bath and drink some tea to ward off the cold.

"How are they?" Lan Jingshu was only allowed to leave the room at this time, and rushed to the doctor to ask about the situation.

The old captain looked both fearful and relieved. "Fortunately, Young Master Luo insisted on making these preparations, and the Cloud Dream City was saved! They are currently being examined by the ship's doctor to prevent them from catching a cold and developing chronic illnesses."

Don't worry, Miss. When I came down, Young Master Luo looked fine, so he should be alright.

Now I need to reassure all the tourists. We've experienced such terrible weather, and I've disturbed everyone; I also need to handle the aftermath properly.

"Alright, you go ahead and do your work. I'll wait outside." She nodded and stood outside the treatment room with her maid to wait.

The captain and cabin steward went to handle the aftermath, while the steward in charge of security was also busy.

As soon as the crisis was over, he immediately led his men to surround the entire internal passageway.

They began their thorough search from the top floor down, and sure enough, not long after, they apprehended the two disheveled and sweating men in the storage room whose locks had been pried open.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Madam Ye was powerless to reverse the situation and had no choice but to make the difficult decision to sever her mother-daughter relationship with Ye Qingqing, who had no sense of shame and was unworthy of being a daughter of a prominent family.

Ji Ningyu was convicted of theft, as well as breaking into houses to abduct respectable women, stealing supplies from the ship, and wantonly damaging important equipment inside the cabin. He was imprisoned again to await his fate upon arrival at the Glazed Tower.

"Ah Chen!" Lan Jing Shu waited for a long time before seeing her lover come out of the doctor's treatment room. She rushed over and hugged him, bursting into tears. "How are you feeling? Are you alright?"

She looked him over carefully from head to toe, and finding no injuries or signs of weakness, she finally felt relieved and sobbed, "You saved everyone! You also saved the Yunmeng family's century-old reputation. How can I ever thank you enough?"

With the beauty in his arms, Jiang Chen smiled broadly, "We've already pledged ourselves to each other, so why distinguish between you and me?"

"If you really want to thank me, let's start our return journey after we reach the Glass Pagoda. I can't wait to go to Yunmeng City to propose marriage."

Lan Jingshu blushed with embarrassment. The quick-witted maid Yan'er had already taken the opportunity to slip away, leaving them alone.

As she was leaving, she happened to run into the security chief leading a large group of people, who were escorting Ji Ningyu, who was disheveled, weak-legged, and bound hand and foot, towards the dark room where troublemakers were kept in custody.

Ye Qingqing, with her hair disheveled and clothes in disarray, followed behind, crying and shouting that she would rather die with Ning Yu.

"What's going on over there?" Yan'er was confused. Seeing many servants watching the commotion under the eaves, she hurriedly went over to ask.

The kitchen helper, a woman with a gossipy look on her face, said, "Don't you know, Miss Yan'er? This whole thing started happening around noon..."

"That Ji Ningyu does have some tricks up her sleeve. She managed to pick the lock and escape, and even pried open the door to the inner passage, taking the opportunity to kidnap Miss Ye."

"Hmm~ It's still uncertain whether it was kidnapping or abduction. Look at Miss Ye's expression, she seems unwilling?"

"I heard that when the manager led people to search floor by floor, they hadn't found where the two were hiding yet. But Miss Ye's shouts were so loud that everyone heard them and followed the sound..."

"Oh dear, how shameless!"

"She got engaged to Young Master Luo the day before yesterday and immediately broke off the engagement; she got engaged to Lord Duan yesterday and immediately broke off the engagement; and today she was caught in public engaging in illicit relations with a thief. When did these two get involved together?"

"Madam Ye has just declared that she is severing ties with Ye Qingqing. I'm afraid she will immediately issue an official notice to completely sever ties as soon as she gets off the ship, otherwise such dissolute behavior will tarnish the Ye family's reputation!"

"Tsk tsk tsk, so thirsty, huh?"

"Don't forget about catching the thief yesterday. Ji Ningyu was soaking wet and smelled strongly of perfume. It's possible she was already with him then..."

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Those who had narrowly escaped death were buzzing with gossip, few knowing that they had just struggled on the brink of death multiple times and nearly lost their lives.

The storm came and went quickly; a little over an hour later, the flying island had clearly moved away from the tornado's area.

Soon the wind blew away the clouds and the sun shone down on the earth, the rain-washed land exuding the fragrance of plants.

"Oh my!" Just as Jiang Chen and the others breathed a sigh of relief and were waiting to regroup and leave the place, an old man with a white beard suddenly ran out of the house next to the airship.

Seeing a huge thing parked in front of his house, the old man jumped up and down and sighed.

"Host, let's go down and see what's going on." The little white cat glanced at him, feeling a little guilty, and whispered in his ear, "Judging from its appearance and attire, it might be a bug."

Bug?

Jiang Chen asked, somewhat puzzled, "How did you know it was him? Could you sense it?"

The fluffy dumpling awkwardly scratched its left foot against its right, "Actually, it's just that... before, I saw that the script hadn't been updated, so I tried summoning a bug to save the day, and it just so happened that I actually ran into this person. I think maybe my Meow Meow Summoning spell worked?"

Jiang Chen: ⊙﹏⊙∥

The white cat can summon bugs now? Are these two exchanging data in secret?

Unfortunately, the naive and innocent little dumpling knew nothing about the situation, so he had no choice but to go ashore with the captain to check the situation.

"I predicted this calamity would befall us, so I specifically moved all the livestock in advance. But even so, you still destroyed my stables, sheepfolds, chicken coops, goose ponds, and several acres of my radishes and grain!"

The old man was clearly in pain, his eyes red as he glared at them and said angrily, "Such a big airship, didn't you know to say anything when you landed?"

Fortunately, this secluded island is sparsely populated. If it were a few dozen miles further east, your airship landing there would have crushed countless people!

The captain hurriedly bowed and said, "I'm so sorry, we encountered bad weather on the way and almost crashed. We finally found a place to land and landed without thinking too much."

We truly did not expect that there were still people living on the flying island. We will compensate you double for the losses caused, and we hope you will not hold us accountable.

Upon hearing about the compensation, the old man immediately stopped jumping up and down. He rubbed his fingers, looked around at the group of people, shook his head, and sighed, "Well, well, it's fate that we met you all. Since you're offering money, then everything is fine."

I see a dark aura above your heads, indicating you haven't escaped your doom yet. Perhaps we should wait here a little longer.

"Let me perform a ritual to bless you, and you will surely escape this calamity and reach your next destination safely!"

That's so cryptic, it definitely has that bug-like quality.

Jiang Chen stepped forward and handed over a piece of gold, saying, "Thank you for your guidance, sir."

"Hey, you're a very sensible young man, I like you!"

The old man casually stuffed the gold into his pocket and pointed to the vast land, explaining, "This valley is called the Tribulation Valley. Since you have landed here today, it means we are destined to meet."

Let me give you some pointers!

Actually, it's not just you guys; in my eyes, the entire airship is shrouded in a layer of black misfortune.

You weren't destined for disaster; you were just unlucky and offended the wrong people.

There are many kinds of luck in a person. Some people are selfish and harm others for their own benefit, some are selfless and altruistic, and some are cooperative and win-win. Whoever has the strongest luck will affect the people around them. The misfortune of your entire airship is affected by the luck of the two people.

If you want to truly escape this calamity...

The old man looked at Jiang Chen and rubbed his fingers together. His attendant, seeing this, said with dissatisfaction, "You want money again? Didn't we just give you such a big piece of gold? That's more than enough for a religious ceremony at the temple!"

"You don't understand, do you?" The old man stroked his beard and chuckled. "That was the price for offering guidance. Now I want money to help you break free from your misfortune."

These shouldn't be grouped together!

As the saying goes, losing money is averting disaster. Only if the money is right and I get things done can you arrive at your destination safely and smoothly.

"Hurry up and decide whether you want to do the job or not. Our connection is shallow, and we haven't known each other for long. If you're not going to do the job, you should just compensate me for my losses and leave!"

Jiang Chen didn't argue with him and handed him another piece of gold.

The old man beamed, "Everyone, I need to board the ship to perform a ritual. Please return to your rooms and do not peek. Otherwise, if the spell is broken and some misfortune occurs, I won't be able to help you."

The old captain, who had been piloting airships around for years, preferred to believe such things rather than dismiss them. He figured it was just a matter of letting the other party board the ship to perform some ritual, and there wouldn't be any major problems.

Therefore, after discussing with the managers, it was decided to invite the old man onto the ship to "sweep away evil spirits".

After all, the airship landed on someone else's land and destroyed their crops. Young Master Luo has already paid their salary, so consider it a small financial loss to avoid further disaster.

Jiang Chen and the others all returned to their rooms, and the little white cat hopped along with him all the way to the dark room where Ji Ningyu was being held.

After being disowned by her mother, Ye Qingqing had nowhere to go and could only weep softly at the door of the dark room. The two of them, separated by a door, were still pleasuring each other and vowing to overcome their tribulations together.

"Stop dawdling, you two." The old man went straight to the darkroom, took out a lock pick from his pocket, opened the door, and said, "We're destined to meet. Since we've encountered each other and rescued someone from danger, we can consider it a good deed."

Your two sentiments are so touching; I simply cannot bear to see you suffer.

The people on the airship are currently resting; you'd better disembark and escape quickly!

"Disembark?" Ye Qingqing was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "Where are we now? Will we be discovered if we disembark abruptly?"

"Although this island is called Secluded Island, there are quite a few people living there. Occasionally, airships will stop and pass by. You two should quickly get off the ship with me and hide, otherwise, if others see you two, your lives will be in danger!"

The two exchanged a glance, knowing that staying would mean certain death upon reaching the Glazed Tower, so they decided to escape the Cloud Deep Dream City and find another way to survive!

Ji Ningyu, hand in hand with Ye Qingqing, bowed to the old man to express their gratitude, and then quickly followed the route he pointed out, exiting the airship through a secret door and hiding in a house.

Until the Cloud Dream City took off again, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief as it flew higher and higher and farther away.

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postscript.

After surviving a series of ordeals, the Cloud Dream City finally arrived at the Glass Tower around noon on the second day.

Given the serious safety hazards, the captain decided to abandon the flight after careful consideration, and the passengers then learned that they had experienced such terrible weather the day before!

Having escaped disaster and with the Yun Shen Meng Cheng ship refunding part of the ticket price, the Yun Meng family's reputation immediately rose to new heights.

After all, the survivors knew that in such extremely bad weather, their airships would have crashed long ago. How could they be as resilient as the Cloud Dream City? It managed to break through and successfully bring everyone to the Glass Pagoda without delaying the rest of the journey.

Duan Lang only learned of Ji Ningyu and Ye Qingqing's disappearance the night before last.