Wang Yue took the bowls and immediately went to find Old Man Guan, leaving the old man stunned.
Old Man Guan had been searching for these small bowls for ages, without finding a single lead. He had never expected Wang Yue to get them so quickly.
Of course, Old Man Guan had vaguely suspected they were in Scrap Monkey's hands. But he knew what Scrap Monkey was like. Getting them from him would be harder than reaching the heavens.
So when Old Man Guan saw Wang Yue set the small bowls in front of him, he asked in astonishment,
"You got them from Scrap Monkey? What did you have to give up?"
Wang Yue briefly explained the price he'd paid, then said with a smile, "None of that matters. As long as we can fulfill your dream, that's enough."
Old Man Guan turned the little bowls over in his hands. After a long while, he suddenly said, "Actually, I've been looking for these bowls because they're connected to a secret!"
Wang Yue couldn't help feeling that something was off. Could it be that the secret of the bowls had already revealed itself, without him having to do any investigating?
Old Man Guan had no idea what Wang Yue was thinking. His eyes were fixed on the bowls, but his gaze seemed to drift into the distance, and his voice grew hollow.
"I remember hearing the elders say when I was a boy that four families were very close, so close they became sworn brothers. These four little bowls were proof of that!
"But at some point, a prince took three of the bowls. The other three families disappeared without a trace.
"Before my father died, he even reminded me not to forget to find the bowls."
Thinking of his own