100: Palace Master, where are your clothes?

When Shi Wanshan saw Lie Tianxiong faint, he immediately stepped forward, squatted down, and reached for his wrist.

As his fingertips touched Lie Tianxiong's sleeve, he frowned.

Ordinary Cultivators usually wore their Storage Rings on the ring finger or middle finger of their left hand, but Lie Tianxiong's hand was bare.

"Strange, where's his Storage Ring?"

Shi Wanshan muttered, then turned to Lie Tianxiong's right hand, but the result was the same.

He simply pinched Lie Tianxiong's fingers, going through them one by one, but still found nothing.

Li Xuanfeng also came over, his gaze sweeping over Lie Tianxiong: "Junior Martial Uncle, could it be hidden in his robes?"

Shi Wanshan nodded, reached out and pulled open Lie Tianxiong's collar. With that tug, his fingertips suddenly felt a cold, hard sensation.

His eyes lit up, and he felt down the collar, discovering a dark inner armor hidden inside the robe.

The inner armor was made of special material, with faint runes flowing across its surface. Although it was covered in some dust, its extraordinary quality was undeniable, clearly a protective treasure armor capable of resisting spiritual Qi attacks.

"Well, well, it's hidden quite deep."

Shi Wanshan stripped the inner armor from Lie Tianxiong and casually tossed it to Li Xuanfeng.

"Keep it for now; this inner armor looks to be at least a Heaven-Grade treasure."

Shi Wanshan then lowered his head and fumbled at Lie Tianxiong's waist, discovering a short blade tucked into Lie Tianxiong's lower back. The blade was narrow and sharp, with the Burning Heaven Palace's flame totem carved into the hilt. Although it was not unsheathed, one could feel the scorching spiritual Qi emanating from the blade.

He pulled out the short blade, and as the blade flashed, it seemed to make the air in the cave slightly hot.

Shi Wanshan weighed the short blade twice, then put it into his own Storage Ring.

"Where did this old fellow hide his Storage Ring? Otherwise, there might be some good things inside."

He was still unwilling to give up, so he lifted Lie Tianxiong's robe hem and dug at the seams for a long time, only pulling out a few loose threads, not even finding a piece of fabric for a hidden pocket.

"Junior Martial Uncle, could it be that Lie Tianxiong's Storage Ring has already been stolen by someone else? When we first saw him, he looked so disheveled, as if he had been robbed once already."

Li Xuanfeng looked at the two large bumps on Lie Tianxiong's head and speculated.

Shi Wanshan stopped his actions, thinking that made sense, and couldn't help but laugh: "This old fellow is truly miserable, robbed twice, even his family fortune has been emptied."

As his laughter faded, he looked at the Sect Master's clothes on Lie Tianxiong, which, though stained with dust, still showed exquisite patterns. Suddenly, his eyes darted, and he reached out to untie Lie Tianxiong's robe belt.

"Junior Martial Uncle, what are you doing?"

Li Xuanfeng was stunned, almost dropping the inner armor in his hand.

"You wouldn't understand this."

Shi Wanshan said, proudly shaking Lie Tianxiong's Sect Master's robe as he stripped it off.

"This is the Burning Heaven Palace Master's special Sect Master's robe. The fabric is woven from flaming silk, impervious to water and fire, and the totem on it is a symbol of the Burning Heaven Palace's identity. Who knows, we might need it in the future, hehe!"

He said, shaking the Sect Master's robe clean, folding it, and stuffing it into his embrace. He then carefully checked Lie Tianxiong's underwear—it truly contained nothing—before finally giving up.

Shi Wanshan kicked Lie Tianxiong, who was now only in his underwear, on the ground, his tone full of regret, yet also with a hint of satisfaction.

"Although we didn't find the Storage Ring, having this inner armor, short blade, and Sect Master's robe means we didn't come in vain."

Li Xuanfeng nodded. The two then carefully erased all traces inside and outside the cave, not only using spiritual Qi to smooth out their footprints but also returning the scattered stones that Lie Tianxiong had knocked over when he fainted to their original positions.

They even took away the empty porcelain bottle of the healing pill that had fallen to the ground before turning to leave.

Inside the cave, Lie Tianxiong still lay on the ground, the two old and new bumps on his head particularly conspicuous. He was left with only a thin pair of underpants, looking like a beggar who had been completely ransacked.

No one knew that this once formidable Burning Heaven Palace Master had now fallen to such a state.

The chill in the cave penetrated his body, and his muddled consciousness was jolted awake, causing him to suddenly open his eyes.

His eyes met the bare rock walls. The old bump on his head still throbbed faintly, while the newly added one was swollen and numb. Touching it, he gasped for air.

"Hiss... Which bastard attacked me again!"

Lie Tianxiong propped himself up, trying to sit. As soon as he exerted force, he felt a chill. He looked down, and his pupils instantly contracted.

His specially made flaming silk Sect Master's robe was gone, only his underpants remained. His lower back was empty, and the Burning Heart Blade that had been tucked there had also vanished!

"My blade! My clothes!"

He frantically fumbled around on the ground, his fingers digging into the rock crevices, but he couldn't even find a shadow of fabric.

The healing pill porcelain bottle he had tucked in his embrace, the inner armor he wore—all were gone without a trace.

From head to toe, apart from the underpants covering his shame, he had truly been stripped bare.

"Damn it! Damn it!"

Lie Tianxiong angrily pounded the ground, and the bumps on his head throbbed even more painfully, causing his vision to blacken in waves.

He recalled the figures of the two masked men before he fainted, and the precise blow of the spiked club to his head. A familiar sense of frustration welled up in his heart.

It was exactly like the last time he was beaten, both times ambushed without any ability to fight back. This time, he was robbed of everything but his underpants!

Just then, a hurried sound of footsteps suddenly came from outside the cave, mixed with Yan Cangyun's shouts.

"Palace Master! Palace Master, are you alright?"

Lie Tianxiong suddenly looked up, only to see Yan Cangyun and the black-robed Elder stumble into the cave. Both of them were pale, their robes stained with dirt, clearly having just woken up not long ago.

As soon as Yan Cangyun entered, he saw Lie Tianxiong's appearance and his eyes nearly popped out in shock: "Palace... Palace Master, where are your clothes?"

As he spoke, he instinctively reached into his Storage Ring to retrieve a long robe for the Sect Master, but his hand found no ring.

Yan Cangyun then realized what was happening and quickly touched his fingers, then rubbed his wrist. The glowing Storage Ring and the bracelet engraved with the Burning Sky pattern were all gone without a trace.

He instantly panicked: "Mine are gone too! After I fainted, they must have taken them as well..."

The black-robed Elder also sensed that something was wrong and touched his fingers.

The Storage Ring that had been on his ring finger was gone, the jade pendant around his neck, and the small cloth bag in his robe hem had all disappeared. His face instantly changed.

"My Storage Ring! It's been taken!"

The three looked at each other, and the air in the cave instantly solidified.

Lie Tianxiong looked at their disheveled appearances, then thought about what had happened to him, and a surge of anger shot to the top of his head.

"It was those two masked men! They not only ambushed us but also stole all our things!"

"But who are they? To possess such strength to easily knock us out? This damn Secret Realm restriction!"

The black-robed Elder gritted his teeth, his eyes full of unwillingness.

"My Storage Ring contained years of accumulated Spirit Stones and Magical Artifacts, and now they're just gone..."

Yan Cangyun also stomped his feet in agitation.

"Sect Master, are these two people the same ones who ambushed us last time?"

Lie Tianxiong opened his mouth: "This time they were masked, and they were too fast. I didn't get a clear look..."

After he finished speaking, his old face flushed. As the dignified Burning Heaven Palace Master, he had been beaten repeatedly, and he didn't even know by whom.

The more Lie Tianxiong thought, the more confused he became, and the pain in his head grew increasingly apparent.

Lie Tianxiong took a deep breath, suppressing his anger.

"Never mind who they are! Quickly go out and gather the Disciples, and turn this area upside down! Even if we have to dig three feet deep, we must find those bastards!"

Upon hearing this, Yan Cangyun instinctively wanted to agree, but then suddenly thought, even if they found them, what then?

Given the strength of those few, if they were truly found, they probably wouldn't escape the fate of being beaten again.

Yan Cangyun swallowed, and whispered: "Palace Master, should we... bring more people to search? Those two are not weak, and we are now without Magical Artifacts and Storage Rings, I'm afraid..."

The black-robed Elder also nodded, a hint of apprehension in his eyes: "Yes, Palace Master, safety first. After gathering all the Disciples, and setting up the Burning Sky Formation, I don't believe we can't catch them!"

Lie Tianxiong looked at their cowardly appearances and was so angry he almost fainted again.

But he also knew that without his protective inner armor and Burning Heart Blade, and with Yan Cangyun and the black-robed Elder lacking the Magical Artifacts from their Storage Rings, they were indeed no match for the two masked men.

He gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "Alright! Go gather the Disciples first! But remember, no one is to speak of today's events!

If other forces were to know that our Burning Heaven Palace Master and Elder were stripped to their underwear, our Burning Heaven Palace would be utterly disgraced!"

The two quickly agreed, turned, and hurried away.

In the cave, only Lie Tianxiong remained. He sat on the ground, touching the two bumps on his head, and looking at his empty wrists, with only one thought in his mind.

"Those bastards, don't let me run into you again! Otherwise, I'll strip you naked and throw you into the Blazing Fire Furnace!"