"Big...big cousin?"

Yang Zhen's face was full of emotion, and the misery he felt after being 'forgotten' by his cousin was vividly portrayed. Even the woman in white hesitated and murmured in confusion.

"You remembered?" A hint of surprise flashed across Yang Zhen's face. He quickly stepped forward and grasped the hand of the woman in white, with a touch of tenderness in his excitement:

"You finally remembered. You said that you would return to Tieling and marry me when you were successful in your training. I have been waiting for you for ten years. In these ten years, my mind has always been filled with the happy times we had together. During the day, we were cousins, and at night... No, I mean, I will never let you leave me again. From today on, I will always stay by your side."

Yang Zhen held the white-clothed woman's jade-like hand and continued to speak bitterly, "Don't you want to practice? I will accompany you to kill all the evil in the world and wipe out all the gods and demons in the sky. If anyone wants to hurt you, I will never let the enemy hurt a hair on your head!"

The rest of the people were stunned, especially the women in the team. They looked at Yang Zhen with infatuated and moved eyes, and looked at the woman in white with envy.

Heaven is cruel. On the road of cultivation paved with blood and bones, who wouldn't want to have someone so loyal and caring by your side, spending the long years together?

Even the senior brother of the woman in white had a puzzled expression on his face, but he looked at Yang Zhen sincerely, nodded to Yang Zhen, patted Yang Zhen on the shoulder and said: "My dear brother, don't get excited. Cultivation requires one to be focused and not distracted. It is not impossible that he forgot about the Fan family's affairs for a while. Let me think about it carefully, and I will remember it."

"Thank you, big brother." Yang Zhen looked at his senior brother with gratitude.

Big brother? Hearing this strange name, everyone looked at Yang Zhen with a strange expression.

The woman in white reacted and quickly pulled her hands away, saying in a cold voice: "I am Lu Xueqing, a disciple of Tianwu Sect, not your cousin."

"Junior sister, you..." The senior brother looked at Lu Xueqing in surprise, somewhat confused, as if he thought that Lu Xueqing was still unwilling to admit that Yang Zhen was her cousin.

Yang Zhen sighed, looking distraught, and forced a smile: "Yes, you are not my cousin, I recognized the wrong person, I'm sorry for wasting your time, where are you going, can I go with you, don't worry, I will leave after we get out of the volcanic forest, I just want to... stay with her for a while longer."

A group of people looked at Yang Zhen with pity, this poor guy who couldn't get his cousin's recognition and didn't even want to recognize her.

The senior brother laughed, patted Yang Zhen on the shoulder and said, "Brother, I am Wu Guang, a disciple of Tianwu Sect. I have been ordered to investigate what has happened in the volcanic forest. It's okay for you to follow us, but you must be extra careful and don't act rashly when following us."

"Senior Brother, you..." A trace of anxiety flashed across Lu Xueqing's face, and she looked at Wu Guang in confusion.

Wu Guang looked at Lu Xueqing and said, "Junior sister, there have been many strange things happening in the volcanic forest, and many people have died in it. Something must have happened. We were ordered to come and investigate. One more person means one more hope."

Lu Xueqing wanted to say something more, but glared at Yang Zhen hatefully. It was obvious that she had already seen that Yang Zhen had not given up yet, and just wanted to use this method to strike up a conversation with her. However... this man was too shameless, even his senior brothers believed him.

"Mutation?" Yang Zhen was stunned, patting his chest and said, "What mutation? I'm very powerful. I can protect you when the time comes. You just stay behind me. I'll see what mutation is so arrogant and more ferocious than the blind bear in Tieling?"

Puff!

Lu Xueqing couldn't help laughing, and the whole forest suddenly seemed much cooler.

Seeing everyone's dull gazes, Lu Xueqing blushed and glared at Yang Zhen: "Country bumpkin!"

Yang Zhen chuckled foolishly and scratched the back of his head. Even he felt that he was about to turn into a drama queen.

Seeing this scene, everyone's eyes softened and they looked at Lu Xueqing and Yang Zhen with some envy.

"No...it's not what you think!"

Lu Xueqing stamped her feet anxiously. Seeing that everyone was getting more and more confused, she kicked Yang Zhen helplessly and said, "Explain it quickly."

Yang Zhen hurriedly said, "Um, Senior Brother Wu, my cousin is thin-skinned. No, my cousin is not actually my cousin."

After his explanation, everyone couldn't help laughing. Lu Xueqing was so angry that she kicked Yang Zhen again and walked forward in a huff.

"Watch...be careful!"

Another burst of laughter came from behind.

…

There is something strange here! Yang Zhen, who had successfully mixed into the crowd, was secretly alert. Such a terrifying fire element fluctuation had a wide radiation area, so there should be some distance.

After confirming from Wu Guangzhong that something strange had happened here, we also learned that many people had died here.

"Brother, what on earth happened here?" Yang Zhen asked Wu Guang beside him curiously.

Wu Guang glanced at Lu Xueqing who was silent and angry in front of him, and said in a deep voice: "Three days ago, there were suddenly bursts of roars and screams from the depths of the volcanic forest. The more terrifying it was at night, some people could not help but come to check it out. Who knew that in these three days, no one who entered the volcanic forest returned. Some people said that a big monster appeared in it, and some people said that there was a dark air here, as if some evil thing had come out of the world."

After listening to this, Yang Zhen gave Wu Guang a shocked look and moved closer to Lu Xueqing.

"What are you doing?" Lu Xueqing glared at Yang Zhen.

Yang Zhen said with determination: "I will protect you."

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

"Who... who needs your protection!" Lu Xueqing turned her head away.

…

The further he went in, the more he could feel the fire element fluctuations coming towards him. What made Yang Zhen frown was that there was actually a kind of yin energy in this fire element fluctuation, which was so chilling that it made people feel uncomfortable.

Wu Guang, Lu Xueqing and others didn't seem to notice, especially Lu Xueqing, whose face was flushed and there were beads of sweat on her forehead.

"Cousin, are you too hot? Do you want me to fan you?"

"Shut up!" Lu Xueqing's face turned red and she moved away from Yang Zhen.

The others all smiled secretly, where did this reckless man come from?

However, Lu Xueqing only moved away from Yang Zhen for a distance, and soon gradually approached Yang Zhen, as if she only felt more comfortable when she was with Yang Zhen.

Yang Zhen noticed this situation and subconsciously moved away from Lu Xueqing for a distance. However, not long after, Lu Xueqing came closer again.

After coming closer, the expression on Lu Xueqing's face suddenly became relaxed, but she didn't even notice this situation herself. She approached Yang Zhen just out of instinct.

It was not until the other women showed strange expressions and, like Lu Xueqing, gradually approached Yang Zhen, that everyone felt that something was wrong and their faces became solemn.

"There's something strange about this fire element fluctuation!" Wu Guang suddenly said in a deep voice.

Everyone was shocked and quickly held their breath.

"Look, what is that?" A female disciple of Tianwu Sect exclaimed and pointed towards the depths of the forest.

Yang Zhen looked along with everyone else and was immediately surprised.

Deep in the mountains and forests, there is an altar that looks strange and is shrouded in dark red mist.

(End of this chapter)