Four Seasons Garden

The **Four Seasons Garden** was a large-scale Magi organization based in the South Coast. The Four Seasons Garden was especially known for its cultivation of vegetation as well as Potioneering.

Due to some history, the requirements to enter this organization were lax, and those who had talent in Potioneering received excellent treatment.

This organization coincided well with Leylin since he also excelled in Potioneering and wanted to join an organization with laxer requirements.

## History

The Four Seasons Garden was created by the great Potions Master, Amensandenisa, for the sake of exchanging research and potion formulas.

The Four Seasons Garden's objective was to create equality and freedom.

## Recruitment

The **Four Seasons Garden**, like many other Magus schools, focused on training acolytes who had the potential to become Rank 1 Magi, and if an official Magi wanted to join them, they would not refuse.

For a Rank 1 Magi to join, they had to pass a rigorous test of Potioneering. The Four Seasons Garden was renowned for its expertise in this field and demanded high standards from its recruits. The test involved brewing a bottle of Jeffery's Purifying Potion within a given time frame. The applicants were only given three sets of ingredients, which meant they could only afford to make two mistakes. Jeffery's Purifying Potion was a complex and delicate concoction, belonging to the middle-grade category of medicines. Even among potions of the same level, it was notorious for being hard to brew. Only Potion Masters could complete this task with such limited resources and time. Moreover, during the process, the Magi could strike each other covertly, but it could not cross a certain margin nor be too obvious. Potioneering was a highly delicate process, and any tiny slip-up could cause the whole brewing process to fail.

This test was still rather easy compared to other organizations.

A Magus who passed the test and the background check would be required to sign a contract. The contract had few specifications. The Magus had to pledge not to damage the Four Seasons Garden's interests and to complete a certain number of missions every year. The Four Seasons Garden would offer him resources in return. The contract did not impose any limitations on the Magus's actions. The contract did not even specify the consequences of leaving the organization.

## Contribution Points

The Four Seasons Garden had a system of measuring the achievements of each Magus based on contribution points. These points were awarded to the official Magi who completed the assigned tasks. The Magi could use the contribution points to improve their status in the Four Seasons Garden and to acquire valuable resources and knowledge.

This was the currency of the Four Seasons Garden.

## Power and Affiliations

The Four Seasons Garden ranked among the most powerful groups of Light Magi. Their strength surpassed that of the Abyssal Bone Forest Academy, which was no match for them. The Abyssal Bone Forest Academy only had 100 Rank 1 Magi and a single Rank 2 Magus, while the Four Seasons Garden's Potioneering Team boasted more than 30 Rank 1 Magi by itself.

## Wars

During the Third Great Magus War, the Four Seasons Garden decided to take over one of the entrances to the Eternal River Secret Plane on behalf of the Light Magi. The battle and hunting teams were dispatched to vie over the resources within the Eternal River Plains' secret plane against the Dark Magi. The potioneering team was not directly involved in killing the Dark Magi, but they had the role of brewing potions.

The potioneering team's previous missions had to do with research and fortification, but these all were abandoned in favor of refining potions that had immense killing power. The potioneering team's new missions implied that the Four Seasons Garden did not have the upper hand in the fight for territories with the secret plane. Hence, they needed a large number of offensive potions and if that was the case, it was a definite possibility that people who were usually working at the back, like alchemists and potion masters, would be sent to the frontlines to increase Four Seasons Garden’s strength.

The huge influx of Magi into the Eternal River Plains had resulted in a weakening of the security in the area. Four Seasons Garden not only had to deal with attacks from within the secret plane but also had to send out some Magi to maintain order at the entrance. Their numbers were simply not enough.

A prominent example was the obvious decrease of Magi in Four Seasons Garden. The rank 2 Magi leaders could rarely be seen.

The Thousand Meddling Hands secretly conspired to destroy the gate in control of the Four Seasons Garden and for this they employed all their power and even Leylin, their mole. The Rank 2 Magus behind the Thousand Meddling Hands also participated in the operation. However, as the last chess piece, Leylin eventually didn't act.