Hearing Notch's words and seeing the suddenly overjoyed look on his face, Rookie immediately pulled away the fingers Notch was using to pinch his mouth, his face full of confusion as he asked, "What did you see?"
Actually, just from the expression Notch was showing right now, Rookie could already tell that this was probably good news.
But what he couldn't understand was why something that made Notch's eyes light up would appear above his own head.
Although Rookie had indeed been moved by Xu Yuan's actions and sincerely admired him because of it, when it came to faith in Xu Yuan, if everyone present were ranked…
Rookie couldn't say for sure who would be first, but he was one hundred percent certain he would be dead last.
Because of this, he had subconsciously believed he probably wouldn't be of much help in reconstructing Xu Yuan. But Notch's expression clearly denied that assumption.
That was why he was so curious about what exactly Notch had seen.
Seeing the curiosity written all over Rookie's face, Notch deliberately kept him guessing and said with a grin, "Golden legend!"
Rookie rolled his eyes hard in annoyance.
"When it's not the time for you to act cool you always have to show off, and now that it actually is your time to show off you start acting all cryptic?!"
"If you can't be a Creator God, at least be a normal person!"
Back when Notch had no hair, maybe because he looked older, Rookie still showed him a bit of respect. Just a tiny bit, but at least it was there.
Unfortunately, even that tiny bit of respect completely vanished after Notch got his hair back.
Maybe because Notch now looked the same age as him, Rookie's mouth had become as sharp as if it were dipped in poison.
Right after Rookie finished speaking, two crisp bonk bonk sounds came from the top of his head. From experience, he knew that was the sound of finger joints hitting a skull. Commonly known as a forehead flick.
"You brat…" After flicking his forehead, Notch was just about to teach Rookie a proper lesson when Null's voice interrupted him.
"What did you just do?"
Hearing Null speak, the Dread Lord frowned, as if thinking about something. After a while, he slowly continued the conversation.
"After NULL informed us that he sensed our king's aura… we did focus more on recalling the past we shared with our king, but…"
At this point, the Dread Lord paused, then looked toward Null, as if waiting for his response.
Even though the Dread Lord hadn't said anything yet, Null already understood the meaning behind his gaze. He nodded, signaling him to continue.
Seeing this, the Dread Lord let out a long sigh and went on.
"When we concentrated fully on remembering, that aura did indeed grow a bit stronger for a brief moment. But that increase didn't last long. It quickly stagnated."
"But just now, I felt an unusually strong surge of aura… its intensity far exceeded what we felt before…"
At this point, the Dread Lord looked toward Rookie and continued, "That aura was emanating from around you…"
Clearly, what Notch could see was something both Null and the Dread Lord could also sense.
Hearing this, Entity 303 looked at Rookie with disbelief written all over his face.
"A strong aura coming from him??? Wait, what?! Why him?!!"
Although Entity 303's words didn't sound very nice, he wasn't trying to belittle Rookie.
In his view, a strong aura meant a deep bond.
And among everyone present, the person he thought least likely to have a deep bond with Xu Yuan was Rookie.
It had to be said, birds of a feather really do flock together. The two of them had surprisingly identical views.
Rookie was indeed quite indulgent toward Entity 303. After hearing that, he didn't get angry at all. He was just about to explain when Notch interrupted him.
"When Null sensed Xu Yuan's aura, I was already able to see it."
"Just like the Dread Lord said, that aura had always been very faint. I originally thought it was because you weren't focused enough, which is why I reminded you to concentrate."
"But even after you focused, the aura still didn't become any stronger…"
"Just now, when Rookie and I were discussing this, he recalled Xu Yuan."
"At that moment, an extremely dense cluster of aura emitting golden light gathered above his head."
Before Notch could finish, Entity 303 impatiently cut him off. He stared at Rookie in disbelief and demanded, "Golden light?!!!!"
"Wait, what memories do you even have with our king?! When did that happen?!! How come I don't know about it?!!"
Seeing Entity 303 getting a bit too emotional, Notch was about to explain, but Rookie suddenly dashed in front of him, reached out, and pinched his mouth shut.
Then he hurriedly looked at Entity 303 and explained, "Hey! It's not what you think!"
After saying that, Rookie rapidly went through everything that had just happened.
"That's what happened…"
At this point, Rookie looked at Entity 303 with complete sincerity.
"I've never had any contact with Xu Yuan at all, so there's no way there could be any kind of bond between us."
"The reason such a strong aura appeared, I think, is because what I remembered was the thing that moved me the most. That's the key!"
At this point, seeing Entity 303 press his lips together with a faint smile appearing on his face, Rookie finally let out a breath of relief.
He paused for a moment, organized his thoughts, then looked at everyone and continued, "If those past experiences are like his flesh and blood, then the moment that truly moved you would be his soul."
"Neither can be missing. Only together can they form a complete person. A complete Xu Yuan."
"So what you need to do now is try your best to remember the moment when Xu Yuan moved you."
"Or rather… the moment when he made you truly acknowledge him."
Hearing this, everyone showed thoughtful expressions. Only the Death Knight looked somewhat confused.
After pondering silently for a while, he still couldn't help asking Rookie, "If I had to name the moment I truly acknowledged my king, it would probably be when we reunited during the great battle of the Eternal Guild."
"I already recalled every detail of that scene just now… but…"
The Death Knight's question put Rookie in a difficult spot. After all, Rookie hadn't been part of Xu Yuan and the Death Knight's past, so he had no idea how to guide him.
Just as Rookie was feeling troubled, he suddenly noticed that the Death Knight's eyes in front of him had instantly become much "clearer," and the tail that had always drooped behind him had now switched into "propeller" mode.
"Idiot, idiot!!! You big idiot!!"
"What you just talked about was the past of 007!!"
"We're the Death Knight now!"