Lin Ke and his companion both returned to Green Mulberry Garden.
Beside Whitegrass Pond, Wu Yu gestured for Lin Ke to look into the pond while reporting on the Yunmeng Clam Maiden's condition:
"Three days ago, this Clam Maiden suddenly sank to the bottom and stopped showing herself. The water's temperature plummeted, and a layer of frost even formed."
"I wanted to investigate, but a cold yin force drove me back. She herself also fell into a deep sleep three days ago."
Lin Ke focused his gaze and saw a vague silhouette deep in the water.
The Yunmeng Clam Maiden's shell stood open, and she lay curled inside it, her eyes tightly shut and a cocoon of milky-white light enveloping her.
Her breathing was extremely slow, yet every breath she drew and released sent tremors through the pond.
Not far away, the Whitegrass Snail and Purple Maple Toad seemed to have noticed something unusual. They only dared hide in a corner at the bottom, far from the Yunmeng Clam Maiden.
"This scene..."
Lin Ke's pupils contracted slightly before he slowly said, "She doesn't seem to be making a breakthrough. It looks more like she's undergoing some kind of transformation."
After refining the Yunmeng Clam Maiden last time, he had taken the opportunity to talk with her and learn something about the Clam Maiden race.
At certain stages of their growth, members of her race would enter "dormancy."
Dormancy was a normal state.
During this period, they would both accumulate power and condense a clam pearl.
The clam pearls produced by the Clam Maiden race contained rich Profound Yin Power. They were rare pill-refining ingredients, seldom found in the outside world.
Through this opportunity, Lin Ke might obtain his first clam pearl.
After thinking it over, he told Wu Yu, "Let