With an astonished expression slowly creeping into his face, Tagashi swallowed hard after hearing the least betting price to begin the game.
"That's my monthly earning," he thought as he contemplated whether to continue or not.
"Here," Lu Jin said as he passed twenty[20] top grade energy stones to Tagashi.
Surprised by Lu Jin's gesture, Tagashi couldn't say anything.
"I made you play so I can learn, that means I have to also pay the price for it," Lu Jin said.
Nodding his head, Tagashi focused his attention back to the table, he asked, "how many rounds do we go?"
"Seeing you have only twenty[20] top grade energy stones, we will go ten[10] rounds," a young man in the opposing team said.
"Alright," Tagashi said as he bought chips worth two[2] top grade energy stones, same as the other players.
"Let begin," the dealer said as he started shuffling the cards.