Leaving aside the gains from "death" for now,
If the Basilisk were an enemy, simply blinding it would have done.
But now that it was his pet, he had to protect those eyes instead. Crafting a pair of multipurpose glasses had become a necessity.
Besides preventing himself from being accidentally hurt, he also had to improve the protection around the Basilisk's eyes so they could not easily be pecked out.
However, he had never studied similar alchemical items, so for now, he could only hastily craft a pair of glasses that blocked its vision.
With such a simple function, crafting them was simple too.
Half an hour later, an emerald-green Basilisk wearing sunglasses appeared. It looked both cool and ridiculous.
Purple Shadow, despite protesting otherwise, was now perched proudly atop the Basilisk's triangular head, warning off Fawkes whenever he tried to land.
Shawn smiled and told them,
"Wait here. I have something else to do."
Shawn turned and walked to the edge of the platform, looking at the pool beneath Salazar's Giant Statue ahead.
Now that his head had cleared, he remembered where he had seen that familiar sight underwater before.
It was in Salazar Slytherin's portrait in the Hidden Chamber. His pose was exactly the same as what Shawn had just seen underwater.
He had developed something of a fear of water, so he had no intention of swimming down to investigate.
His magical energy had already been replenished anyway. He waved his wand, releasing a great surge of magical energy and activating Water Prison.
The water in the pool ahead immediately parted to either side, looking a little like Moses parting the sea.
With the giant statue at the center, the surrounding water rose while the water within a ten-meter stretch in the middle sank, slowly revealing the