The next day.
On another mountain facing Thousand Peaks Spirit Mountain from afar, Yu Sheng and the others followed True Spirit Yuanling and Xuan Che toward the Demon Suppressing Tower.
"There are many dangerous and bizarre things in this world. They must be contained and sealed by various means, and every faction has its own methods," True Spirit Yuanling said casually as he strode along the mountain path, introducing the place to his guests. "The Crossroads is publicly recognized as the best at this. The thirteen-level containment standards established by the Special Operations Bureau, along with the various corresponding containment facilities, are often regarded as models. Our 'Demon Suppressing Tower' actually borrowed many of the Crossroads' containment concepts..."
"The entrance to the Demon Suppressing Tower is just ahead. We built it on a spiritual-energy node of the mountain-protecting formation, using the formation's power to strengthen its defenses. There's also an independently operating small formation beneath the node, to prevent all kinds of accidents.
"The Great Void Spiritual Pivot is no match for the Crossroads. We don't have as many Strange Otherworlds or bizarre phenomena, so we never established an overly complicated containment system or numerous containment facilities. We simply divided the Demon Suppressing Tower into different containment areas. Things with a lower Danger Level are stored in the upper levels, while those with a higher Danger Level, along with some captured heinous criminals, are imprisoned below. In addition, the bottom of this tower connects directly to the Divine Mechanism Hall. Special personnel conduct research there on things whose Danger Level is relatively controllable, much like the Crossroads' various 'danger laboratories'..."
"This Demon Suppressing Tower wasn't built in a day, nor did it remain unchanged after its completion. During my grandmaster's generation, there was a special area in the tower called