Director of Celestial Observation!
In the present age, with no Second Rank Celestial Master in the Directorate of Celestial Observation, the Directors were its most honored figures. Of them, Four Seasons Summer Autumn had been vacant, while Four Seasons Winter had not appeared before the public even once since the new emperor ascended the throne. As for Four Seasons Spring, who held down the Star Gazing Tower, she was now the Directorate of Celestial Observation's sole leader.
Because the Star Gazing Tower stood at the core of the Capital's Spirit Vein terrain, that Director had not taken a single step outside since taking charge there more than ten years ago. Usually, even dukes, marquises, and princes could not gain an audience with her, no matter how much they wished to visit.
And now,
she had actually personally invited Chen Mu to the Star Gazing Tower!
Everyone's first reaction was a hazy disbelief. Their faces showed that it was impossible. What virtue or ability did Chen Mu possess to receive an invitation from the Director of the Directorate of Celestial Observation? And how had that Director even learned of an insignificant, marginalized, low-status bastard son in Xuanguo Estate?
But immediately afterward, amid his own daze, Chen Guang noticed Zhao Li's expression. He instantly thought of something, and when he looked at Chen Mu again, his eyes were filled with astonishment and delight.
For a moment, he could no longer maintain his cold expression. He took two steps toward Chen Mu.
"Mu Ge'er, you—you're that Sorcerer?"
As soon as those words fell,
everyone in the courtyard turned their eyes toward Chen Mu. Some were astonished, some were dumbfounded, and some simply could not believe it. Only Chen Yao's lips curved into an almost imperceptible smile.
All the servants of Xuanguo Estate had