Cryptic talk

"I'm…" Theo hesitated. He took a deep breath and threw a quick glance to scan his surroundings. "I'm not really sure what to think about it," he finished. 

'If I understand his cryptic message correctly…' Theo raised his cup and took a long, hearty sip. 

The wine, despite being served in an establishment for mortals, was truly of the highest quality. Its fruity taste filled the mouth, hiding the kick of the booze that followed within. 

And it was one of the best boosters that Theo could consume to speed up his thought process, even if as a cultivator, he would have to drink an entire swimming pool's worth of wine for him to properly get drunk. 

'Buy out the shares of the investors the caravan doesn't like…' Theo thought, acting as if he was simply enjoying the wine while he crunched the ideas in his brain. 'No matter how I look at it, it heavily implies there was a divide between the sect's military and the sect proper, doesn't it?'