What Goku meant was that the Earth Core Pill remained inside his body merely as something stored there. Outsiders would still have a chance to take it away; it had not fused into a part of his body.
"That's a good thing too. If you carried it on you, others might easily take it from you. Keeping it in your dantian makes it easier to protect," Uchiha Shin said.
"Taishang Laojun and the others may not know what the Earth Core Pill does yet, but they'll learn soon enough. You need to be careful then. They'll definitely come to fight over it," Uchiha Shin reminded him again.
"Big Brother, rest assured. If any of those people dare come after me, I'll show them what I'm capable of!" Goku said coldly. Though his strength had declined, he did not fear them.
After chatting for a while, Xuanzang and the others were also preparing to head for Western Heaven.
"You three need to be careful on this journey west. I should also tell you something: as you continue westward, you may encounter Marshal Canopy next," Uchiha Shin said after a pause.
Although telling them this risked revealing heavenly secrets, Uchiha Shin still wanted to say it. He feared that if he kept quiet, Goku and Marshal Canopy might come into conflict, which would not be good.
Marshal Canopy had been one of the finest and most upright immortals in the Heavenly Court. If not for Miss Ziling, he would surely still be serving as an official there, and the Carefree Great Emperor would certainly have valued him highly.
Yet now he had instead become a demon. That was not a good thing for Marshal Canopy, so Uchiha Shin told them this in hopes that Goku and the others would be prepared and