Specks of golden lights

Matthew thought about it, and felt that he should encourage his silly disciple to relax more and have a better mentality.

This is to avoid her getting depressed after getting nothing from practicing for such a long time.

So while eating, Matthew spoke to her:

"You are in good condition today. If you keep it up, you will achieve something!"

"Yes teacher, I understand!"

Natasha was very excited to have her hard work be acknowledged by Matthew.

'Sure enough, the direction of my thinking is correct.'

'It is a pity that I am a bit dull and I only just understood the teacher's profound meaning.'

"Yeah."

Matthew nodded.

'It is good that this silly apprentice is obedient!'

…

Two days later.

Natasha suddenly had a flash of inspiration in her mind, and she further understood her version of the true meaning of Matthew's words!

"I understand"

"Mana becomes I have to condense mana in such a way that it coils around the body, and coiling around all the bones."

"The mana will move around the body like a snake swallowing and digesting the bones."

"If I use this method, then I will definitely break through and temper the golden bones! "

In that moment, Natasha realized the method of tempering the golden bones.

"Mana is squeezed into the bones and is tempered directly into the bone marrow by the pressure of the mana snake coiled around the bones."

"The inside and outside mana would then work together to further temper the bones."

"In this way, the golden bones can be refined."

Natasha clenched her fist in excitement:

"Sure enough, it is important for me to understand it by myself."

"If the teacher points it out directly, even if I know it, I might still fail to understand the meaning, and I would not be able to do it properly, forget about breaking through."

"Only through self-enlightenment in the techniques can I truly understand the true meaning! "

Natasha took a deep breath to calm herself down, and continued refining her bones.

Her mind converged, and she entered a state of forgetting all things including herself.

She carefully observed the flow and operation of her mana, and searched for the deficiencies in it.

"The second rib is not rounded enough in tempering…"

"The joints of the left hand are fully covered and the tempering is weak…"

"There are some weaknesses in both knees…"

As she observed the mana with a clear mind, Natasha quickly discovered all the shortcomings in her practice.

Although her bronze bones were complete, the hardness of the bones all over her body were different.

"There are always some parts that are relatively weak."

As a result, Natasha began to temper again, tempering all the bones in her body in a uniform way, without any weaknesses.

…

Another three days passed.

Natasha finally perfected the tempering of her bronze bones, making them uniform throughout her body, with no weak points or any differences in strength.

"Now I have truly perfect bronze bones!"

"The next step is to refine them into golden bones, since I have completely understood the golden bone tempering method, I will definitely be able to do it!"

"After refining the bones, it will be time to refine the internal organs."

"I must become an apprentice mage within a year, otherwise it would mean my aptitude is too poor, and I won't be qualified to be the teacher's student"

Natasha's eyes were firm.

The one-year period was starting to feel very short to her, after all, refining the internal organs would most likely take a longer time than refining the bones.

Matthew had said that one should be careful when refining their internal organs at the beginning, so as not to hurt themselves.

Unlike bones, he internal organs are fragile, and she would definitely not be able to speed up too much after the initial tempering.

"I must seize this time to temper the golden bones so that I can reach the goal within a year."

Moreover, Natasha had some ambition in her heart, although Matthew gave her a one-year period, she felt like she should could not take that long!

The sooner she becomes an apprentice mage, the better, and the happier her teacher would be!

As Natasha continued to refine her bones, the mana turned into wisps of mist, constantly and slowly seeping into her bones.

At the beginning, the amount of mana was very small, but this was just the beginning.

Mana slowly penetrated into her bones, and the long lost, numb, itchy, and painful feeling appeared again.

Natasha grit her teeth and said nothing, but her eyes remained firm and resolute.

Finally, a wisp of mana seeped into one of the bones in her body, and almost penetrated into the bone marrow!

"It's here!"

Natasha took a deep breath, as the mana all over her body surged, instantly turning into giant snake, coiling around the bones in her body.

The mana vibrated, constantly squeezing the bones, and constantly moving and rubbing.

It seeped into her bones, continued to penetrate in and nourish the bones.

With the combination of the inside and outside, Natasha finally discovered that the originally stagnant bone refining stage began to change.

With the tempering, the bones started to have tiny specks of a golden color.

"Golden bones!"

After persisting for only half an hour, Natasha felt that she had reached her limits, so she decided to rest.

At that moment, she assaulted by a strong feeling of hunger.

"The consumption of tempering golden bones is so big?"

Natasha asked in surprise.

"I have to get some better tonics…"

After saying so, she started to check on the changes in her body.

"I have only slightly exceeded the limit of the bronze bone, and I am far from completing the first tempering of the golden bone, but the strength has increased so much…"

"If I complete the golden bones level, how strong will these bones be?"

Natasha was shocked in her heart when she felt her own improvement.

"The things taught by my teacher are really powerful and mysterious!"

"Hmm.. the teacher said that the golden bones need to undergo nine refinements with mana."

"I haven't even completed it once, yet strength of my bones was enhanced by at least 30%, if I finish a complete refinement…"

Natasha couldn't imagine how strong golden bones that would not decay after being buried in the ground for thousands of years would be.

"Bones that are harder than steel…"

"Will the difficulty of the nine refinements increase with each step? How can I complete it quickly without the help of precious medicine?"

"It's time to go home. I can't wait to find some precious medicine! "

Natasha felt that her talent was not as good as that of supreme geniuses.

Without the assistance of precious medicine, it may be difficult for her to complete bone refining quickly.

If she wants to become an apprentice mage within a year, she must have the assistance of precious medicine to practice.

…

Matthew looked at the rich dishes on the table and guessed that this silly apprentice of his was going home again.

'I still need to remind her to keep a low profile and not to revealed my existence.'

Natasha was very obedient, so he knew that as long as he said so, it was unlikely for her to go against his words, so he didn't dwell on this much.

'I need to think of a way to get Natasha's family to get rid of the ferocious mana beasts in the Lefifi forest.'

'This stupid apprentice is very lucky that she didn't encounter any danger after passing through the Lefifi forest so many times.'

Matthew sighed in his heart.

He on the other was unlucky, the first time he left the village with a group, he was the only one who managed to escaped.

From then on, he never dared to take risks or bet on his luck, to see if he could safely pass through the Lefifi Forest.

"Teacher, I want to go home."

After the meal, Natasha said respectfully..

"Yeah!"

Matthew gave a simple nod, as his expression unchanged.

"I will be back in half a month at the latest."

Natasha breathed a sigh of relief and said again.

Matthew nodded, and then said:

"I won't say anything unnecessary to you, I like to keep a low profile, do you understand?"

"Yes teacher, I understand!"

Natasha nodded solemnly.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Matthew slowly said:

"Lions with strong mana, are good food to strengthen the body and are beneficial to practice."

Natasha's eyes instantly lit up, and she suddenly became excited:

'Sure enough, the teacher easily saw through my level, and easily reminded me of a way to solve my current predicament.'

'I was just wondering how to compensate for the ridiculous consumption of refining golden bones, and now I have a way.'

With some excitement in her eyes, she nodded and said:

"Yes teacher, I understand!"