In the past, Ling Zikai had also seen some news on TV about Siberian tigers giving birth to tiger cubs in the wildlife park, and learned that the average female tiger can give birth to two to four tiger cubs in one litter. Newborn tiger cubs are about the size of an ordinary domestic cat and weigh about a kilogram.

But the tiger cub in front of him was obviously much smaller than those normal tiger cubs, almost half of the other tiger cubs, and the weight was relatively about half a kilogram, with his eyes closed, his whole body curled up into a ball, faintly trembling. It's really doubtful that you will survive.

What is particularly surprising is that the still wet and sticky fur of the tiger cub is not yellow and black like the Siberian tiger, but pure white.

Could it be that this tiger cub has become a white tiger because of genetic mutations in its body?

Ling Zikai was secretly a little surprised in his heart.

Speaking of this white tiger, the first thing that most people think of must be the legendary four divine beasts of the Blue Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Xuanwu.

This kind of legend in the left green dragon, the right white tiger spirit beast for the long beast, has the ability to be extremely powerful, can subdue ghosts, represents masculinity, is the god of war, the symbol of the god of killing, like the Tang Dynasty generals Luo Cheng, Xue Rengui and so on are said to be the reincarnation of the white tiger

It has a variety of divine powers such as avoiding evil, fighting disasters, praying for abundance and punishing evil, promoting goodness, getting rich, and tying the knot.

In real life, the 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 become extinct, and the existing white tigers are all bred in captivity, and there are still more than 200 of them alive in the world.

Ling Zikai once saw it in the Jiangnan Provincial Zoo.

However, the fur on the white tigers is black and white stripes, not pure white like the tiger cub in front of them.

If Ling Zikai hadn't seen it with his own eyes that it was the female Siberian tiger that gave birth, he wouldn't have believed that it was a tiger cub.

It doesn't look like a white cat.

Looking at the little white tiger's weak and chilling appearance, Ling Zikai wanted to take off his coat and wrap his body.

Halfway through the zipper, he stopped, thought for a moment, unfastened the belt on his pants, and tucked the hem of his coat in. Then he put the little white tiger in his arms, let it stick to his chest, and warm it with body temperature.

The little white tiger who felt the warmth lay motionless in Ling Zikai's arms, and after a while, his body gradually stopped trembling.

Ling Zikai sat at the entrance of the Tiger's Den for nearly an hour.

As the fog in the stream slowly subsided and the sun fell on the treetops in the forest, the Siberian tiger emerged from the forest.

It's just that the female tigress didn't appear, and she should have left here with the born tiger cub.

Siberian tigers live alone, and the tiger cubs born are also raised by the mother tiger alone.

Each tiger has its own territory to live in, which is the saying "one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers".

From the perspective of zoology, the main reason is that tigers are large carnivores, eating a lot, if two tigers live in the same area, it is difficult for wild animals in the habitat to meet their needs, excessive non-killing will cause the imbalance of the entire animal chain.

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

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

After all, after conducting a scientific survey of the entire Xing'an Mountains a few years ago, the official announcement has been made that the Siberian tigers in the Xing'an Mountains have become extinct.

The Siberian tiger should have sent the mother and son of the female tiger out of the Tiger Leaping Stream, probably with some sadness of parting in his heart, his mood seemed a little low, and after walking to Ling Zikai's side, he lazily lay down.

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

This time I came to Tiger Leaping Stream, first, to go to the cave to see if it had been invaded by outsiders.

Although the cave is empty, even if someone comes in along the long underground river, there will be no gain.

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

If possible, it would be better to seal off the stream that connects to the long underground river.

Second, it is to collect some seeds of primitive plants in this stream, which is a lot of work, not to mention a day, even if you give yourself ten days and a half months, it is difficult to collect them all. We can only focus on the species that have become extinct in the outside world recorded in the "Encyclopedia of Wild Plants" explained by Lin Xing'an.

Also, Ling Zikai wanted to try to find the trace of the mysterious black shadow he encountered when he came in last time, but although he had this thought 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, so that it would facilitate his movements, but after thinking about it, he decided to keep it by his side.

After all, this little white tiger is still in a dangerous period, and if something bad happens, he can also rescue him in time.

Ling Zikai stood up, used his consciousness to summon the two reindeer waiting nearby, and began to march in the direction of the cave.

As he walked, he used his consciousness to search through the mountains and forests along the way.

It didn't take long to find a plant called the green scale fern in one place.

It was a perennial herbaceous plant with a stubby rhizome that grew obliquely under a dark, damp rock. The cyan leaves, which are more than 20 centimeters long and four or five centimeters wide, have a smooth surface and fish scale-like lines on the back, which looks very peculiar.

According to the encyclopedia, this plant is a species left over from the Quaternary glacial period, and it is quite hardy, even in the harsh winter, it is green and green in the snow, and it is a precious ornamental plant.

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

Tiger Leaping Creek is an isolated pristine woodland with a variety of native plants.

Ling Zikai was advancing, looking and digging all the way, and he really gained a lot.

By the time he arrived at the cliff where the ancestral god's former residence was located, he had already collected more than thirty rare plants, some of which were seeds and some of which were seedlings.

And most of them are species that have been presumed extinct by the outside world.

These include the snow lotus that Lin Xing'an had asked Ling Zikai about earlier, surrounded by a circle of pale yellow hemispherical bracts and blooming with bright flower plates, and the Wangtian Tree with a round and straight trunk, which did not even have a small branch from the ground up to a height of more than 30 meters, reaching fifty or sixty meters high, and reaching straight into the sky.

What made him especially excited was that he had discovered a plant that was suspected to be an ancient Chinese fruit.

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

The reason why it can attract Ling Zikai's attention is because its appearance is very similar to the Chinese ancient fruit that ranks first in the encyclopedia.

It's just that this discovery is so terrifying that it makes it hard for him to believe that his judgment is true.

You must know that this plant, called the ancient fruit of China, is not only a plant that became extinct 150 million years ago, but also the "world's earliest flower" discovered so far, and is the ancestor of angiosperms.

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

Ling Zikai didn't dare to imagine what kind of sensation people would cause in the future when they saw a large number of plants suddenly growing in their forest farm, which had long been extinct.

While stepping onto the mountain path leading to the cave, Ling Zikai once again discovered that there was a shocking plant growing on the cliff - rock cypress.

According to the data, the rock cypress is the same age as the dinosaurs, which flourished in the Cretaceous period 300 million years ago, and is known as the "plant giant panda" and "living fossil".

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

Moreover, its growth rate is very slow, it is said that it can only grow 0.01 millimeter a year, so some nodules and markings form during the long growth process.

After being made into a root carving or a living bonsai, the wonderful shape, the beautiful texture, and the strange fragrance that immerses the soul are highly sought after by the collectors.

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

Now there is a rumor that the rock cypress is placed in the study, bedroom, office, living room and other places, and its unique fragrance is conducive to purifying the air and refreshing the brain!

Its smell is fragrant, flat, and directly acts on the head, which has the effect of awakening the brain, calming the nerves, clearing heat, and cooling the blood, and plays a role in dredging the meridians and adjusting the qi and blood. It is suitable for insomnia, headache, dizziness, dizziness, forgetfulness, tinnitus, irritability and dry rhinitis caused by autonomic dysfunction and hypertension.

Good rock cypress grinding into powder can also be used for drinking, the aroma is elegant, and the various aromatic components contained in it can relax the nerves and relax the mood, which has a different flavor than tea.

Anyway, now the rock cypress is sought after by the gods, which can be called a sacred tree and a national treasure, which not only has a very precious collection value, but also has a magical medicinal value.

When he came to this cliff the first two times, Ling Zikai didn't notice that there was a rock cypress growing on this cliff - it seemed that at that time, even if he saw it, 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 its existence, let alone realize that when he entered the tiger leaping stream this time, he actually found a huge treasure.