Chapter 1620 - 1467: Yin Yang Inn 23
Chapter 1620: Chapter 1467: Yin Yang Inn 23
Shuangshuang’s tone was calm and collected, but upon hearing her question, Da Shan’s body trembled. He looked at Shuangshuang’s eyes, which seemed to see through everything, and suddenly clenched his fists tightly.
Still, he remained silent, clearly unwilling to answer Shuangshuang’s question, and Shuangshuang didn’t want to waste time either. She directly revealed his identity: "Cai Ruoyang, are you really willing to watch her suffer so much for you and yet refuse to reveal your identity to make her happy?"
Da Shan’s body trembled again, his breath changed slightly, but he still chose to remain silent, showing no intention of speaking, as if steadfastly denying everything.
Shuangshuang raised her hand to rub her temple. This person was truly stubborn. She sighed helplessly, "I know what you’re worried about.
You’ve been skinned by the Bone Demon, so even after becoming a ghost, you have no skin, you look terrifying, hence you’re embarrassed to see Ziteng. But avoiding her like this isn’t too unfair to Ziteng, is it?
Her heart has always been with you, even if she believed you killed her, she still instinctively loves you. You’ve been with her day and night for so long, you should know this best. How can you bear to keep hiding it?"
On the other side, Ziteng, who was shouting to kill the Bone Demon, also heard Shuangshuang’s words. For a moment, she couldn’t continue shouting to kill the Bone Demon and turned to look at Da Shan.
Her eyes held a look of disbelief, staring at Da Shan with surprise, but also a hint of non-surprise.
If Ziteng felt nothing odd about Da Shan, it would be impossible, but previously Ziteng never suspected that the one who harmed her wasn’t Cai Ruoyang.
Therefore, even though Ziteng felt close every time she faced Da Shan, felt no vigilance, she never considered Da Shan to be Cai Ruoyang.
Until Shuangshuang revealed the identity at this moment, the previously foggy feeling finally cleared up like the clouds and mist being lifted.
Ziteng took a few steps to Cai Ruoyang, and when Cai Ruoyang saw Ziteng approaching, instinctively retreated, but each step he retreated, Ziteng advanced, until Cai Ruoyang had no choice but to be cornered by Ziteng.
Ziteng’s hands trembled as she tried to lift the hood covering Cai Ruoyang’s face. This action seemed to scare Cai Ruoyang, who raised his hands to protect his head and crouched down.
Tears flowed from Ziteng’s eyes as she crouched down to hug Cai Ruoyang’s trembling body, her voice also trembling, "Ruolang, I’m sorry, it’s all my fault. I didn’t recognize you.
I know you’re afraid I’ll see your ugly appearance, but I don’t care, I don’t care about anything. Ruolang, let me see you, let me see you, please?"
Cai Ruoyang hugged his head, desperately curling himself up, shaking his head, but a hoarse whimper escaped his mouth.
Shuangshuang and Li Yu didn’t want to disturb the reunion of the couple who had been through so much hardship. Shuangshuang collected the Bone Demon into the Demon Capturing Talisman and left the room, leaving the space for Ziteng and Cai Ruoyang.
Shuangshuang and Li Yu found a large tree outside, lay in its dense canopy, and took a nap. After the two woke up, it wasn’t long before Ziteng and Cai Ruoyang walked out of the house.
Ziteng was still holding Cai Ruoyang’s human skin in her arms, and Cai Ruoyang had taken off his cloak, restoring his original elegant scholar appearance.
Actually, even after Cai Ruoyang’s death, he maintained the frightening skinned appearance due to the Bone Demon’s demonic power.
Just the human skin alone couldn’t allow the Bone Demon to maintain the human appearance for so many years. This skin had to be attached with part of a soul to have this effect.
When the Bone Demon skinned Cai Ruoyang, it was equivalent to stripping away the soul’s layer of skin along with it.
Ziteng had already returned the soul layer attached to Cai Ruoyang’s human skin back to him, allowing Cai Ruoyang’s soul body to finally restore its original appearance and no longer be the terrifying skinned look.
As soon as they came out, Ziteng and Cai Ruoyang solemnly thanked Shuangshuang and Li Yu and briefly shared Cai Ruoyang’s story.
Initially, after Cai Ruoyang was killed by the Bone Demon, to avoid having his soul extinguished by it, his soul hurriedly hid.
Later, he discovered the Bone Demon had stolen his identity, fearing harm to his parents, he secretly followed the Bone Demon.
Incidentally, he overheard Master Dongxu coming to join forces with the Bone Demon to harm Ziteng.
Since Ziteng was his beloved, Cai Ruoyang naturally wanted to save her, but at that time, he was only a spirit, powerless.
Hiding his presence from the Bone Demon was already the limit; saving Ziteng from the Bone Demon and Master Dongxu was impossible.
Fortunately, Cai Ruoyang knew Ziteng had a Great Demon friend named Que Xi, whose mana was strong and should be able to save Ziteng.
However, Cai Ruoyang had only met Que Xi once with Ziteng and knew which mountain she was on, but didn’t know the exact location because he was taken up the mountain by Ziteng’s spell.
Cai Ruoyang found the mountain where Que Xi was but couldn’t ascend it because Que Xi had set a barrier to prevent low-ranking ghosts and demons from disturbing her.
In utter helplessness, Cai Ruoyang had to forgo reincarnation, becoming the Mountain Spirit of the mountain, gaining Da Shan’s acknowledgment, breaking Que Xi’s barrier, and successfully finding her for help.
But he took too long, and Que Xi only managed to save Ziteng’s Demon Soul, leading Cai Ruoyang to accompany Ziteng as Da Shan’s identity.
Watching Ziteng’s sadness always pained Cai Ruoyang, and Que Xi had advised him many times to reveal his identity to Ziteng.
Yet, Cai Ruoyang resolutely refused, not wanting Ziteng to witness his ugly, wretched state. Unable to persuade him, Que Xi had to reluctantly let it slide.
This time, Que Xi asked Cai Ruoyang to guide Shuangshuang to find Master Dongxu, not only unable to bear Cai Ruoyang forever becoming a Mountain Spirit but also hoping for Cai Ruoyang to resolve his knot and reunite with Ziteng.
Although not a perfectly happy ending, all misunderstandings were finally cleared. Those who loved each other were no longer mistake-ridden, meeting without recognizing.
With Ziteng’s matter resolved, Shuangshuang and Li Yu naturally prepared to return to the Yin Yang Inn, planning to send Ziteng and Cai Ruoyang to reincarnation.
But along the way, Li Yu remained noticeably silent. After returning to the Yin Yang Inn, he didn’t utter a single word and disappeared on his own.
Even Feng Lin noticed Li Yu’s unusual state and, concerned, asked Shuangshuang, "Shopkeeper, what’s up with Li Yu? He seems strange; did something happen?"
Shuangshuang also felt a bit worried and patted Feng Lin’s head with a smile, "It’s alright, I’ll go check on him."