Bajie exclaimed in shock, "Is this a deity? How is he any different from an Evil Spirit?"
Goku said nothing. The monster continued, "Shouxing sent me here this time for two reasons. First, he wanted me to use the hearts of the young boys in this nation as a medicinal ingredient to help him complete an evil art."
"Second, he hoped we could stop you. Ideally, we'd use the emperor's authority to get your master's Seven-Orifice Exquisite Heart. That would surely greatly increase his cultivation, perhaps even grant him divine power of the highest order," the monster said.
"Heh, it seems Master really is a hot commodity. Not only do monsters want him, even the deities in the heavens are after him," Goku said with a cold laugh.
"Grandpas, I've told you everything. Could you please let me go?" the monster asked.
"We can't let you go just yet. We have to take you back to the kingdom and answer for what happened, and save those children. Besides, do you think you'd survive even if we let you go, with the Heavenly Court as it is now?" Goku said.
The monster pondered without speaking. After a while, he asked, "Then what do you two suggest?"
Goku said, "You have only one option now: join us."
The monster asked, "What do you mean?"
Goku said, "We have a contingent among the demons in the south. If you can evade the Heavenly Court's pursuit and make it to the demons, someone will help you. But you have to be willing to stand with us through thick and thin."
"Seems I have no other choice," the monster said.
Goku gave him a stone seal and said, "This is proof. Show it to the demons, and someone will let you in. But if you