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Chapter 216 Mythical Beast White Tiger
In the past, Ling Zikai had also seen some news on TV about Siberian tigers giving birth to cubs in safari parks, and learned that a female tiger can give birth to two to four cubs in one litter.A newborn tiger cub is about the size of an ordinary house cat and weighs about one kilogram.

But this tiger cub in front of me is obviously much smaller than those normal tiger cubs, almost half of the other tiger cub, and its weight is relatively speaking about half a kilogram. With its eyes closed, its whole body is curled up into a In a ball, trembling faintly.It really makes people doubt whether they can survive.

What is particularly surprising is that the wet and sticky fur on the cub's body is not yellow and black like the Siberian tiger, but pure white.

Could it be that this tiger cub turned into a white tiger due to a genetic mutation in his body.

Ling Zikai was secretly amazed.

Speaking of the white tiger, the first thing that most people think of must be the four mythical beasts of Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku and Xuanwu in the legend.

According to legend, the spirit beast with the blue dragon on the left and the white tiger on the right is called the leader of all beasts. It has incomparable power and can subdue ghosts. It represents masculinity. Luo Cheng, Xue Rengui, etc. are all said to be reincarnated by the white tiger

It has various divine powers such as avoiding evil, avoiding disasters, praying for prosperity and punishing evil, promoting goodness, getting rich, and getting married.

But in real life, this white tiger is not a separate species.

It is just a white variant of the Bengal tiger, native to Yunnan, China, Myanmar, India, Bangladesh and other places.The wild white tiger has been extinct, and the existing white tigers are all artificially bred, and there are still more than 200 surviving in the world.

Ling Zikai once saw it in the Jiangnan Provincial Zoo.

However, the fur on those white tigers has black and white stripes, not pure white like the tiger cub in front of him.

If Ling Zikai hadn't seen the birth of the female Siberian tiger with his own eyes, he would never have believed that it was a tiger cub.

It doesn't look like a white cat.

Seeing the weak and cold look of the little white tiger, Ling Zikai wanted to take off his coat and wrap it around its body.

When he pulled the zipper halfway, he stopped. After thinking for a while, he untied the belt on his trousers and tied the hem of his coat inside.Then he put the little white tiger into his arms, let it stick to his chest, and warmed it with body temperature.

Feeling the warmth, the little white tiger lay motionless in Ling Zikai's arms, and after a while, his body gradually stopped shaking.

Ling Zikai sat at the entrance of the tiger's den for nearly an hour.

When the dense fog in the stream subsided slowly and the sunlight fell on the treetops in the forest, the Siberian tiger came out of the forest.

It's just that the female tigress didn't appear, she should have left here with her cubs.

Siberian tigers live alone, and their cubs are raised by their mothers alone.

Every tiger has its own territory, as the saying goes, "two tigers cannot fit in one mountain".

From the perspective of zoology, the main reason is that tigers are large carnivores with a large appetite. If two tigers live in the same area, it will be difficult for wild animals in the habitat to meet their needs. After not killing, it will cause the imbalance of the whole animal chain.

This can be regarded as a natural law of ecological balance in the animal kingdom!

Ling Zikai was a little curious about where the female Siberian tiger came from.

After all, after conducting a scientific census of the entire Xing'an Mountains a few years ago, the official has announced that the Siberian tiger in the Xing'an Mountains has become extinct.

The Siberian tiger must have sent the female tiger mother and her child out of the Tiger Leaping Stream, and probably felt a little sad about parting, and seemed a little depressed. After walking to Ling Zikai's side, it lay down lazily.

Ling Zikai was not in the mood to be sad with it, he could only stay in the stream for one day, and there were still many things to do, so he had to hurry up.

When I came to Tiger Leaping Stream this time, I wanted to go inside the karst cave to see if it was invaded by outsiders.

Even though the cave is empty, even if someone came in along the long underground river, there would be nothing to gain.

But as the inheritor of the ancestor god, Ling Zikai still didn't want outsiders to disturb the tranquility of the legendary former residence of the ancestor god.

If possible, it is best to seal off the channel leading to the long underground river.

The second is to collect some primitive plant seeds in this stream, which is a huge workload, let alone a day, even if you give yourself ten and a half months, it is difficult to collect them all.We can only focus on the extinct species recorded in the "Encyclopedia of Wild Plants" that Lin Xing'an explained.

What's more, Ling Zikai wanted to see if he could find out the trace of the mysterious black figure he encountered when he came in last time, but even though he had this idea in his heart, he didn't have much hope.

Ling Zikai originally wanted to put the little white tiger in his arms in the tiger's den and let the Siberian tiger take care of it temporarily, which would make his actions easier, but after thinking about it, he decided to keep it by his side.

After all, the little white tiger is still in danger, and if something bad happens, he can rescue it in time.

Ling Zikai stood up, summoned the two reindeer who were waiting nearby with his consciousness, and started heading towards the cave.

As he walked, he used his consciousness to search the forest along the way.

Not long after walking, a plant called green scale fern was found in one place.

It is a perennial herbaceous plant with thick and short rhizomes that grows obliquely under a dark and damp rock. The cyan leaves, more than 20 centimeters long and [-] to [-] centimeters wide, have a smooth surface and fish scale-like lines on the back, which looks very strange.

According to the description in the encyclopedia, this plant is a species left over from the Quaternary Ice Age. It is quite cold-resistant. Even in the severe winter, it is green and lush in the snow, and it is a precious ornamental plant.

Under that rock, there are dozens of green scale ferns.Ling Zikai took tools from the reindeer's back and dug up five plants, and put them in a rattan basket on the reindeer's back.Then move on.

Tiger Leaping Stream is indeed an isolated virgin forest, where various native plants grow.

As Ling Zikai was advancing, he searched and dug all the way, and he gained a lot.

When he came to the cliff where the ancestor god's former residence was located, he had collected more than 30 rare plants, some were seeds, and some were seedlings.

And most of them are species that have been judged to be extinct in the outside world.

These include the snow lotus that Lin Xing'an asked Ling Zikai before, which is surrounded by light yellow hemispherical bracts and blooming in a circle; and the trunk is round and straight, from the ground up to more than 30 meters high with a small branch. There are no branches, the Wangtian tree is 60 meters high, straight into the sky.

He was especially excited to find a plant suspected to be an ancient Chinese fruit.

It was a small, delicate plant that grew in a stream, both aquatic and herbaceous.

The reason why it caught Ling Zikai's attention was that its appearance was very similar to the ancient Chinese fruit that ranked first in the encyclopedia.

It's just that this discovery was so terrifying that he couldn't believe whether his judgment was true.

You should know that this plant called the ancient fruit of China is not only a plant that became extinct 5000 million years ago, but also the "earliest flower in the world" discovered so far, and it is the ancestor of angiosperms.

In the past, people only discovered its existence in fossils, but now it is growing alive in front of you, which made Ling Zikai suspicious.

Ling Zikai couldn't imagine what kind of commotion it would cause when people saw a large number of extinct plants suddenly growing in their forest farms.

When he set foot on the mountain path leading to the cave, Ling Zikai once again discovered a shocking plant growing on the cliff - cedar.

According to the data, rock cypress is a species "same age" with dinosaurs. It flourished in the Cretaceous Period 3 million years ago, and is known as "plant giant panda" and "living fossil".

Because it grows on cliffs and cliffs for a long time and the soil is scarce, rock cypress can only choose the appropriate direction to grow according to local conditions, resulting in extremely varied forms.

Moreover, its growth rate is very slow. It is said that it can only grow [-] millimeters a year, so some tree knots and spots are formed during the long growth process.

After being made into root carvings or living bonsai, the fantastic shapes, magnificent textures, and intoxicating fragrance are popular among collectors.

Coupled with its rarity, the price on the market is very high now, ranging from hundreds of thousands, to hundreds of millions.

Now there is a rumor that placing rock cypress in study, bedroom, office, living room and other places, its unique fragrance is good for purifying the air, refreshing and strengthening the brain!

It has a delicate smell and mild nature, acts on the head directly, has the effects of refreshing the brain, calming the nerves, clearing away heat, and cooling blood, dredges the meridians, and regulates qi and blood.It is suitable for symptoms such as insomnia, headache, dizziness, dizziness, forgetfulness, tinnitus, irritability and dry rhinitis caused by autonomic dysfunction and hypertension.

Good rock cedar can be ground into powder and used for drinking. The aroma is elegant, and the various aromatic components contained in it can relax the nerves and relax the mind. Compared with tea, it has a different flavor.

Anyway, rock cypress is so sought after by people now that it can be called a sacred tree and a national treasure. It not only has extremely precious collection value, but also has efficacious and magical medicinal value.

When he came to this cliff the last two times, Ling Zikai didn't notice that there were rock cypresses growing on this cliff—it seemed that even if he saw it at that time, he wouldn't recognize it, let alone know its value!

At this moment, Ling Zikai's heart was full of gratitude to Lin Xing'an. If he hadn't let him read the popular science book "Encyclopedia of Wild Plants" last night, even if he saw the rock cypress in front of him, he would ignore it. Knowing its existence, let alone realizing that entering Tiger Leaping Stream this time, he actually discovered a huge treasure.

(End of this chapter)