Tang Yan had not gone far after leaving Cloud Pavilion. He leisurely drank tea in a small teahouse.
Connecting to Tong Chengxian's soul-thought Child Gu, he quickly browsed through his Divine Soul memories.
Tong Chengxian, a metal-attribute member of the Divine Clan, eighty-six years old, early Nirvana Realm.
Divine Abilities: Spirit-Seizing Art, Movement Art.
A Copper Rank Three-Star Divine Envoy stationed among the Human Clan!
Under the jurisdiction of the Niuhuang Ridge Branch.
Head of the Niuhuang Ridge Branch: Xu Mao. Silver Rank Divine Envoy, strength unknown, possibly late Nirvana Realm.
Divine Envoys were divided into three ranks: copper, silver, and gold, each with five stars.
One star was the lowest, five stars the highest. Each additional star meant a whole new heaven of resources, and major merits could earn a star promotion.
Since Divine Envoys all maintained single-line contact, Tang Yan found no other useful information.
One point worth mentioning was that the Divine Clan did indeed prohibit drinking with the Human Clan, for fear of falling into a trap.
Fortunately, he had been scheming from the very beginning.
The reason he had been willing to bring Shopkeeper Qin along was that he had counted on this "innocent outsider" to urge Tong Chengxian to drink.
Instead of urging him, Tang Yan had helped Tong Chengxian find a way out with "true feelings are stronger than wine," further clearing himself of suspicion.
Then he had revealed inside information about his organization, chatted merrily with him as a confidant, and helped him apply for a lower price, building Tong Chengxian's goodwill to its limit step by step.
Finally, he had revealed his "true identity," bringing the atmosphere of sincerity to its peak-a killing blow to Tong Chengxian's psychological defenses.
Only with all those layers of groundwork had persuading him to drink