Kearson instantly frowned when he saw the empty wooden box. He said with an innocent face, "Oh, how could it be? I ced the bronze cauldron insidest night. Why is it gone?"


    He turned to his assistant and said, "Carter, I told you to keep watchst night. What happened? I can''t believe you made such a horrible mistake on such an important matter. How am I going to exin myself to Mister Penn?"


    Carter also looked innocent to Kearson''s scolding. He had stayed up the whole night, after all. He had been surveilling the museum. He said with determination in his eyes, "It''s impossible, Mister Kearson. I''ve been here the whole night. I swear no one entered the museum."


    Kearson took the wooden box and asked with a displeased face, "If that''s the case, exin why it''s missing."


    Carter felt troubled too. The bronze cauldron was missing, after all. However, he was sure that no thief entered the museum because he had been up all night.


    "I think this may be a misunderstanding, Mister Kearson."


    Wilbur suddenly remembered the man. He asked, "May I ask if the museum has surveince cameras, Mister Kearson?"


    "Of course."


    "Good. We can check the footage forst night since we don''t know how the cauldron went missing, right?"


    Wilbur instantly snapped Carter and Kearson out of it. They nodded at the same time. Kearson replied, "Yes, you''re right, Mister Penn. No one can steal the bronze cauldron under surveince cameras without a trace. We can check the footage."


    Kearson led Wilbur to the security room of the museum. They checked the footage and discovered that around two in the morning, ck blood slowly flooded up from a drain hole near the wooden box. Then, it formed into the shape of a man in ck robes.


    "Oh, no. I can''t believe it''s a cultivator!"


    Kearson covered his face. He looked like he was in despair. He said, "Mister Penn, it looks like a cultivator took the bronze cauldron away."


    Wilbur could see how helpless Kearson was. Moreover, Kearson said that he would not get involved with cultivators because cultivators were unlike ordinary people. He did not want to mess with cultivators, but at the same time, felt like he was responsible for losing the bronze cauldron.


    The bronze cauldron was worth a million dors. Kearson was willing to refund half a million dors to Wilbur, and he expressed that he would not get involved with what happens next. If Wilbur was able to find the bronze cauldron, the bronze cauldron would be his. If he could not, then they could only ept it as being unlucky.


    Wilbur agreed to that suggestion. He did not n to give up searching for the seventh dragon cauldron. The money meant nothing to Wilbur, but the cauldron was apletely different story. Therefore, he had to find that man no matter what and retrieve the seventh dragon cauldron.


    Wilbur returned to the hotel after leaving the museum. He wanted to find the man and ask for his bronze cauldron back, but his opponent was working in the shadows. Wilbur could only wait under such circumstances, so he went back to the hotel.


    The man looked for him, then he stole the bronze cauldron. It was clear that he wanted to use the bronze cauldron as a bargaining chip against Wilbur. In that case, all Wilbur needed to do was wait at the hotel. The man would look for him eventually.