The supernatural had already become commonplace, but he had yet to encounter supernatural phenomena suppressed somewhere—or rather, such phenomena had not erupted and thus were not on the list for cleansing.
Based on gathered intelligence, the Western Expedition Army had once put forth a conjecture.
During the era when the Ancient Heavenly Court existed, a batch of supernatural phenomena had been sealed away. When the Ancient Heavenly Court shattered and fell into the myriad heavens and worlds, those phenomena had been buried along with it.
The supernatural phenomenon beneath the Demon Suppression Division might have been one of them.
This kind was "alive," its sky-soaring evil aura visible to the eye.
An even thornier kind was "silent" supernatural phenomena, sealed away and deeply buried in some unknown place, impossible to investigate or detect from the outside, with not the slightest aura leaking out.
Yet one day, it would break through the earth.
Qin He wanted to see exactly what these sealed supernatural phenomena were all about.
The moment they entered the Demon Suppression Division, they were met by gloom, bone-deep cold, and dampness. Time here seemed to have frozen for eternity; its aura would never change.
It was an aura of extreme indifference toward life and wanton cruelty, enough to make one shudder.
But to Qin He and the others, this was child's play.
The Demon Suppression Division extended in all directions. The structures exposed above ground were merely the tip of the iceberg; the countless caverns stretching downward were its true body.
Many passages had been sealed off by arrangements, some tight and some crude, blocking these interconnected caverns.
Some were built from bluestone blocks, with sealing arrays and talismans even pasted onto them, along with extremely conspicuous warnings: Living people Keep Out.
Others had simply been blocked with