On this day, dark clouds suddenly rolled in the sky, lightning and thunder, and the first rain of spring was coming.

As the saying goes, "the spring thunder shakes the sky, and all things recover", the destruction of thunder is pregnant with vitality, and it is also the best season for people in Taoism to collect thunder.

Of course, I will not let go of this opportunity, early in the morning in the courtyard of Sun Zhishu's house to set up the incense case, light sandalwood, face the southeast, worship thirty-six bows, kowtow thirty-six times, and form a thunder picking decision with both hands.

Seeing that the dark clouds above my head were more abundant and ripe, my face was solemn, and my mouth read: "Heaven has given me the power to shake all souls, and the earth will send thunder into my abdomen, and the ghosts will hear the split brain, and the words will be shocking, and the urgency is like a law." ”

As if under the influence of a spell, the air in front of me blurred for a while, and a large amount of purple mist appeared, and gradually, these mist slowly condensed to a degree visible to the naked eye, and finally formed the size of an egg.

I stared at the purple mist, felt an astonishing energy fluctuation coming from inside, and without blinking my eyes, I opened my mouth suddenly, and swallowed it violently.

Because I had the experience of mining thunder gas once, I was familiar with the road this time, and there were no mistakes on the way.

It wasn't until I collected the ninety-nine eighty-one balls of thunder qi that I finally felt that my five organs were full, and then I was satisfied with the removal of the thunder mining.

It didn't take long for the rain to fall from the sky, and all at once, it was a whole night.

Early the next morning.

Jin Ling and I packed our bags and hurried to the mountains, because after the heavy rain, it was a godsend to look for lightning to strike the iron birch.

Originally, Sun Zhishu insisted on going into the mountains to show me the way, but I refused.

Because since I encountered the pig demon, I know that the depths of this mountain are full of dangers, maybe there are other fierce demon beasts, in case of bad luck and encountering something powerful, I can't fight with Jin Ling, but Sun Zhishu is an ordinary person who doesn't have our legs and feet, and if he doesn't get it, he will become a delicious meal in the belly of the demon beast.

As for Yu Banxian, he has been frightened by the pig demon, and he will not enter the mountain if he is killed, in his words: "Instead of going into the mountains to be frightened, it is better to heat the pit head at home and drink a little wine to be chic, you two can go with confidence, and the old man will prepare wine and food and wait for your triumphant return." ”

I scoffed at this, I can't take him with me if this old guy wants to go into the mountains, it's purely a burden, I know how to eat it all day long, and it's as fat as a ball, if there is an eyeless demon beast that swallows him, if you don't make a good one, you may kill yourself.

Along the way, Jin Ling and I climbed the mountain, went to the river, and finally came to the center of the mountain range according to Sun Zhishu's guidance on the growth location of iron birch.

It is inaccessible and full of towering trees, intertwined with each other, and the shadows of the trees overlap on top of each other, even in broad daylight, because the sun's rays do not shine in, resulting in a black pressure all around.

I took a look at the environment in front of me, and now there was a smell of rotting leaves, a white mist floating everywhere, and the occasional roar of an unknown beast in the distance, which made people feel creepy.

"Master, the slave maid will go and check the situation around first, and you can wait here for a while." After Jin Ling finished speaking, her body swooped and disappeared into the woods, agile like a leopard.

With Jin Ling's cultivation as the way to explore the way, I couldn't worry about her safety, so I waited silently in place.

As a result, when she left, a long time passed, and seeing that the sky was about to get dark, Jin Ling finally returned.

"How's it going, what's there?" I hurriedly asked.

Jin Ling just wanted to answer, but suddenly her beautiful eyes turned and she grinned at me and said: "Master, the slave didn't run in vain this trip, I have good news and bad news, which one does the master want to hear?" ”

"Okay, you girl, you just learned to speak and started selling guanzi a few days ago."

I touched my nose helplessly, since Jin Ling sucked the blood of the pig demon and evolved, not only can she speak, but even her wisdom is no different from that of a normal person, or even smarter.

Jin Ling blinked when she heard this: "Sell Guanzi? What is selling guanzi? Master, hurry up and answer me, which news do you want to hear first? After saying that, he looked at me expectantly.

"Hehe, then tell me the good news first." I looked at her with a smile on my face.

Jin Ling stretched out his hand and pointed to the dense forest next to him, and said, "Through this forest, there is a waterhole, where many strange trees grow, and one of them has been struck by lightning and is very similar to the iron birch you said. ”

I was overjoyed when I heard this, suppressed the excitement in my heart, and asked, "What about the bad news?" ”

"The bad news is that there's a tiger under the tree." Jin Ling's little face was full of helplessness, and as she spoke, she gestured with her hand: "It's very big, it's the size of a calf, and judging from the breath it exudes, it's several times stronger than the pig demon we met before. ”

I was only slightly stunned when I heard this, and after taking a deep breath, there was not much surprise on my face.

According to the records of Taoist classics, once there is a natural treasure in this world, there will be demon beasts guarding on the side, because these strange treasures are of great benefit to the cultivation of demon beasts.

I pondered for a while, and said to Jin Ling: "Before we find out the strength of the other party, we had better not provoke it first, you lead the way, let's go over and see the situation, and then pay attention not to make a noise." ”

Jin Ling nodded, took my arm, and quietly groped towards the woods.

Ten minutes later. We walked through the woods to the edge of the waterhole, and were greeted by all sorts of strange flowers and plants, and many strange trees whose names we could not name.

One of the trees was unusually conspicuous, blood-red all over, and the surface was covered with textures, and the whole tree was split by lightning from the middle, and a trace of electric light could be seen wandering on its surface at a cold glance.

"Yes, it's iron birch!" I recalled in my mind the books I had read before, compared the shape of the tree based on the information recorded in the books, and finally came to a conclusion.

Jin Ling stretched out her hand and pointed to the back of the tree, and said in a low voice: "Master, look, the tiger is there." ”

When I heard this, I looked, and sure enough, there was a tiger lying there, and because of the obscuration of leaves and weeds, it was really difficult to see it without looking closely.

This tiger is really not ordinarily big, its head is the size of a basin, its eyes are like copper bells, and even if it is lying there, it is vigilantly observing its surroundings.

Suddenly, its nose sniffed hard, as if sensing the presence of a living person, and with an angry roar, it actually stood up straight like a human.

As soon as the giant tiger stood up, it was more than five meters tall, and its thick tail was like an iron rod, and under the sweep, the surrounding small trees and rocks were actually smashed by it.