A secret treasure was actually a general name for all the treasures unearthed in the mystic realm.
However, they could also be divided into spirit stones, alternate dimension equipment, pet skill stones, various rare materials, and so on.
Other than spirit stones, which could absorb and condense spiritual energy on their own, most other secret treasures did not have such an ability.
In particular, the spiritual energy in the equipment and pet skill stones of other dimensions would dissipate with time.
If they were left unused for too long, they might even be completely incapacitated!
Once they were completely incapacitated, these treasures would become similar to ordinary stones and not emit a trace of spiritual energy fluctuations.
If not for the fact that such secret treasures were almost all made of rare materials, one would probably not be able to tell them from garbage if they were thrown into the waste depot after losing their abilities.
Not only that, but even if such a secret treasure was injected with spiritual energy, it would not react at all. It had to be activated with special instruments and injected with super-powerful spiritual energy in a short period of time to be used normally.
Of course, it was not easy to completely incapacitate a secret treasure.
The researchers of the Ironblood Dukedom had once published a paper saying that by measuring and calculating, it would take at least a few hundred years to completely incapacitate a secret treasure.
In other words, under normal circumstances, there was no need to worry about a secret treasure suddenly losing its ability.
However, while one did not have to worry about suddenly being unable to use the secret treasures that he had been using, it was different for the secret treasures in the mystic realm.
Many of these treasures had been buried for hundreds of years, or even more than a thousand years. It was difficult not to lose their ability.
This was also why there were so many incapacitated treasures on the market.
If it was really an incapacitated treasure, it was normal for it to be priced at 500,000 yuan. After all, even if he spent another 500,000 yuan to activate it at the Beast Tamer Association, it would only be a million yuan.
Although no one knew the exact use of this treasure before it was reactivated, it was not a loss to gamble a million yuan on.
However, selling damaged secret treasures as incapacitated secret treasures was a little too much!
"This pendant has such an obvious crack. Is it really an incapacitated secret treasure?"
Su Yi pointed at the Water Blessing Pendant and asked.
"Shoo, shoo, shoo. It's obvious you are a rookie who doesn't know anything. So what if there's a crack? As long as it doesn't hurt the core, it can still be used normally after activation. It doesn't matter. If there really weren't any damage, would I have priced it at five hundred thousand?"
"I might as well tell you. I can't be sure if this secret treasure is broken. After you buy it and activate it, if you discover that it's a supreme-grade secret treasure worth tens of millions, I won't be jealous. But if you discover that it's a piece of trash and lose everything, you can't blame me."
"There's no refund. That's the rule!"
With that, the middle-aged stall owner started playing with his phone again, unwilling to bother with Su Yi.
In his eyes, a student like Su Yi was clearly not a high-quality client worth his effort.
Seeing his attitude, Su Yi could not be bothered to stay in this stall and continued forward.
Of course, it was mainly because there was no secret treasure in this stall that could tempt him.
Other than the storage ring, the rest were all damaged. Only a fool would buy them!
Initially, he thought that this stall owner who priced scrap goods at a high price was just an exception. However, after visiting a few more stalls, he was surprised to discover that this was actually a common phenomenon in the Haitao Market!
Most of the "incapacitated treasures" sold by these vendors were actually damaged garbage!
Not only that, these stall owners even divided these treasures into different grades.
Those without obvious cracks in their appearance were all priced at more than a million yuan.
Those with tiny cracks were between half a million and a million;
Anything more serious would be under half a million.
Those with obvious defects were all priced at 100,000 yuan.
How was this selling secret treasures? This was clearly selling mystery boxes!
It was said that the waters in the Haitao Market were very deep. Now, Su Yi finally understood.
But he wasn't angry. He was excited.
To others, buying such a secret treasure was equivalent to opening a mystery box. Whether they would make a loss or earn a profit depended on their luck. But to him, there was no need to gamble at all. He would win!
Among these goods, he could tell at a glance which were scrap and which were truly incapacitated treasures!
The only regret was that he had so little money on him that he couldn't afford anything above two hundred thousand.
As for those priced below 200,000, so far, he had not found one that was usable…
"Sure enough, you get what you pay for. Trying to find one of these defective secret treasures with a functional core is probably about as good as winning the lottery."
Su Yi felt a little regretful.
Despite his words, he did not give up. He still intended to search the various stalls slowly.
After all, even if it was a lottery ticket, as long as there were enough tickets, one could still win!
Even though the final winner might be an employee in the lottery agency.
"Sun Jade Pendant, a low-level secret treasure. The price is 1.5 million. It's very worth it, but it's too expensive. I'll skip it."
"Catherine's blessing. Mid-level secret treasure. Three million. Aye, skip it."
"Storage Bracelet, low-level secret treasure, three hundred thousand. Continue to skip."
"What is this, a hardening crystal core, a pet skill stone? I still can't afford it…"
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Half an hour later, Su Yi had already toured half the market. His eyes were almost dazzled, but he still found nothing.
"I'll shop for another ten minutes. If I really can't find it, I'll come back later when I've saved enough money."
Su Yi shook his head, tempted to give up.
In the last half hour or so, he'd realized one thing. Without enough capital, he wasn't even qualified to pick up scraps!
"Forget it, let's not think about it. Let's see where the next incapacitated treasure is… Eh, there are actually two in this stall!"
Su Yi looked at the system notification again and was surprised to find that the following two secret treasures on the hint were in the same stall, and one of them had reached the intermediate level!
However, despite his surprise, he was not happy. According to his previous experience, the price of these two treasures was most likely above two hundred thousand yuan.
"Whatever. Let's take a look."
In a lottery mood, Su Yi walked towards the stall and quickly saw the two treasures.
Incapacitated Storage Ring
Category: Low-level storage treasure
Effect: Storage, with a 3-cubic-meter space (incapacitated and unusable).
Introduction: The most common secret treasure. It has been idle for too long and has completely lost its ability.
The price tag was one hundred and fifty thousand.
Incapacitated Frost Guardian
Category: Intermediate defensive secret treasure
Effect: Extreme Cold Ice Shield. When injected with spiritual energy, the user can use the Extreme Cold Ice Shield to resist attacks (incapacitated and unusable).
Introduction: A practical defensive treasure. It has been buried at the bottom of the lake for too long and has completely lost its ability.
The price tag was a hundred thousand.
"These two treasures are actually not damaged!"
Su Yi's eyes widened in disbelief when he saw the two treasures.
The ring was better. It was broken at the bottom, but nothing was missing.
However, a small portion of the pendant called the Frost Guardian was missing. But its core was not damaged at all!
What was the pendant made so big for, to look good?
Before he could think further, the stall owner, who had been sitting on a chair and munching on melon seeds, stood up with a smile.
"Young man, are you interested in this pendant? You really have good taste. This is made of ice jade. Just the materials alone can be sold for forty to fifty thousand!"
"And even though it's missing a part, based on my years of experience, there's a very good chance that the core part of it is complete and usable once activated!"
"Since you're a student, if you really want to buy it, I can give you a 20% discount…"