May 13th, Jiangnan County, East State Martial Arts Tower.
Although there is a "tower" in its name, it is actually a complex consisting of a main building approximately six stories high, flanked by two three-story pavilions on the east and west.
On normal days, the central main building is the busiest area, teeming with people at the entrance,
but today, the atmosphere here is oppressively tense, and deadly silent.
Most of the rooms inside the tower are empty, giving off an air of extreme desolation.
Even those few who are working inside are silent and move gently, doing their best to avoid speaking or making noise.
On the fifth and sixth floors, the residence and public hall of the Fourth Grade Divine Mechanism Scholar, Wang Chaoyang—the East State Martial Arts Tower Master—are tightly shut.
The tower's scribes and editors all choose to work elsewhere if they can.