The balls on the pool table start with thirty in play, and after each shot, more can be added until the cap of five hundred. Each ball is numbered, and the shooter must hit the ball with the smallest number first. The number of balls that one can knock off the table in one shot depends entirely on personal skill. Besides the number of balls knocked off in the final shot, the number of balls pocketed with each shot is also scored.
Simply put, the more balls you pocket per shot and the more evenly you do this, the better. If one time you pocket one ball and the next you drop ten, such fluctuations will lower your score.
After each shot, it's another player's turn, and soon it's Xu Huo's turn. He examines the remaining twenty-six balls on the table, takes out the "Note Launcher," and casually grabs a handful of seeds. Tossing them in, the seeds shoot out and accurately hit the smallest numbered ball. But the force is not right, and the ball is knocked right off the table.