Ye Weiming's choice of companions for his pigeon-carried messages seemed casual, but in fact, he had pondered over the right individuals for a long time.
The first choices were San Yue, and Fei Yu, his colleagues from the Detective Agency. One specializes in finding people and the other in communication, both could be of great help in this mission.
Next would be the psychotherapist monk Liu Yun.
This guy is a psychotherapist in reality, and in the game, he possesses the level 10 "Buddhist Law" boost effect. Although he doesn't have the mind-reading skills that San Yue possesses, his brainwashing abilities are even more potent.
If one were to discuss unique abilities in this field, he would reign supreme among players and likely even amongst the NPCs in the game.
These three are the most prominent figures.
As for Niu Zhichun, he is not as critical as the previous three. Ye Weiming just selected the worst, most destructive and treacherous one from his friend list.