After hearing this, Su Nian and Chu Beichen also became nervous. If what the old hunter said was true, then they could be sure that this Huichun was not originally a plant from Earth, but an imported alien species.
"It was freezing cold at this time, and the ground in front of my door was covered with thick snow. I thought the ground itself would be frozen hard, but after digging a few times, I was surprised to find that the soil where Huichun was buried was not hard at all, but very soft instead."
"I was surprised and delighted. Later I learned that there were hot springs beneath the cedar forest. I didn't bother to think about it, so I dug up the ground and found that the plants I had planted had now grown into a large area. These plants grow and reproduce by connecting their roots to each other."
"After I dug the plant out of the ground, I found that it looked like a fresh radish. I couldn't help but dig out two to take into the house to taste them. After taking out two, I buried the soil I had dug up and buried the other tubers in the ground. Then I brought this new plant into the house."
"After cleaning it, I couldn't help but take a bite right away. I found it was sweeter than radish and had more juice. I had been drinking broth for quite a while, and after tasting it, I couldn't help but eat one right there."
"I cut the other one in half and put it into broth. I found that the broth tasted even better after adding this plant. It's the perfect combination of meat and vegetables," said the old hunter with a smile.
"What happened next?" Su Nian couldn't help but ask.
"I later settled down in this forest until you came. I counted the years I had spent here and realized that I had actually exceeded the average human lifespan."
The old hunter became serious and pointed to the wall next to the stove. In order to prevent fire, the entire stove was made of stones, and there was a section of the wall next to the stove that was also covered with stones.
Su Nian and Chu Beichen walked over in the direction the old hunter pointed and checked. They found that the wall next to the stove was densely covered with marks. These marks represented the number of days the old man had been here. He drew a mark on it every day, and these marks accumulated for more than 40,000 days.
There are 365 days in a year, 3,650 days in ten years, and more than 40,000 days means that the old hunter has been in the cedar forest for more than a hundred years.
Su Nian and Chu Beichen were extremely surprised. They looked at the old hunter and then at the mark on the wall. They knew that rejuvenation had the effect of prolonging life.
But he didn't expect the rejuvenation effect to be so good, because the old hunter in front of him didn't look like a centenarian at all. He looked only sixty years old at most.
"You must be surprised, right? Do you think I'm an old freak? To be honest, I've been puzzled myself. I've wondered why my health has been so good over the years. Living in the woods, I should be aging quickly, but the reality is that my age seems to have been frozen."
The old hunter shrugged regretfully and looked at Su Nian and Chu Beichen seriously. "I've carefully thought about the reason. I think it's this plant that caused this. This is the only plant I got from the golden sphere. As for the other foods, I've seen them before! Those ordinary foods can't have such an effect!"
Su Nian didn't expect that the old man in front of him would be so frank and actually revealed this secret to two strangers like them.
"Old man, you are right. This plant is very beneficial to the human body," Su Nian honestly admitted that the old man was right.
The old hunter was delighted. "That's right. Few outsiders come to my place. Not long ago, a young man was recuperating with me, so I entrusted this thing to him and asked him to take it out and have someone trustworthy look at it. I don't know how he's doing with it."
Chu Beichen smiled and said, "The person you entrusted is very responsible. He feels that this thing is of great importance and dares not easily pass on this secret. Instead, he entrusted the two of us to come and check it out!"
I have to say that Anthony has a strong ability to judge and deal with unknown things. If he were an ordinary person, he would have told the whole world about this secret long ago.
Anthony, however, was able to wait patiently and cautiously until he met Su Nian and Chu Beichen, and thought he could be trusted with them, and then he revealed all the secrets.
The three of them chatted for a long time, and Su Nian learned that the old hunter was forty-three years old when he started taking rejuvenation products.
Judging from Su Nian's current physical condition of the old hunter, the old hunter's physical skills are still maintained at the level of a fifty or sixty-year-old, which means that rejuvenation can greatly slow down the aging of the human body.
"This plant is very effective in delaying human aging. Judging from your current condition, it has delayed aging at least ten times," Su Nian said this astonishing figure.
Anti-aging drugs are not the same as elixirs of immortality. People will still age, but the aging process will be significantly slower. Even if this discovery were to be spread, it would still be shocking.
The old hunter seemed to have expected this result. He nodded and said, "I knew I aged slowly, but I didn't expect it to be this slow... It seems that many years have passed in the outside world without me noticing!"
The blizzard outside had intensified by this time. Looking out the window, the sky and earth were a vast expanse of white, and nothing could be seen. The strong wind blew snow against the window panes, which looked as if they were covered with a layer of white paper. The blizzard continued to roar outside the house.
Chu Beichen looked out the window and asked the old hunter with great interest, "You said that at first this place had neither cotton quilts nor glass windows or knives. So how did you get these things later?"
According to Anthony, the old hunter did not want outsiders to disturb his peace.
So Chu Beichen deduced that no outsiders should have come here in these years, so where did the old hunter get these things?
The old hunter smiled frankly and said, "The next year I found a way out of the cedar forest. I left the cedar forest and traded my prey and dried fruits with people outside!"
Hearing this, Su Nian and Chu Beichen couldn't help but look at each other. In this way, the cabin could have its current size just like an old hunter ant moving house, accumulating materials bit by bit to build it.
"That's really not easy for you," Su Nian said sincerely.
The old hunter smiled. "Of course I did. It took me four years to save up enough glass for these two windows. In order to install the glass, I spent another year remodeling the cabin. Finally, I designed these sturdy and beautiful windows!"
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