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Just as Lin Sheng was about to place the white crystal into the gargoyle's chest, he heard this and nodded slightly.

"Got it."

It seemed his uncle was safe for the time being.

But recalling the urgency on his mentor's face earlier, Lin Sheng felt that things were not so simple.

"Better to prepare for the worst." He gently placed the white crystal into the gargoyle's chest.

Crack.

The crystal fit perfectly.

The gargoyle's red eyes slowly lit up.

This was a gargoyle made from the cheapest materials. It cost only one hundred and fifty gold coins, and each activation lasted twenty minutes and consumed one white crystal.

Yet if it were put up for sale, it could fetch at least ten thousand gold coins.

And even then, there would be no supply to meet demand, because the crafting process for construct gargoyles was extremely complicated. Many construct mages could not be bothered to waste their time making them.

Once activated, a gargoyle was equivalent in actual combat to a standard third-level warrior. It possessed formidable mobility and a second-level ranged spell called Scorching Ray.

Its sharp claws and immense strength also made it a highly favored means of self-defense among mages.

"Looks like I need to solve constructs' dependence on mana." Lin Sheng quietly watched the gargoyle begin to move slowly, deep in thought.

Just as Lin Sheng immersed himself in construct research, a secret rumor began to spread through the vast region around White Rock Woodland and Lanying Tower, across dozens of noble territories large and small.

According to the rumor, a mysterious organization calling itself the Black Veil Pot was silently infiltrating various powerful mage organizations.

The Black Veil Pot had not originally been so well-known, despite having existed for decades.

What truly made its name widely