As Ling Tian had said, even if the Outer Realm Demon Cultivators and Chi Xue's group set out from Sunset Canyon for the northern region of the God Realm, they would still have plenty of time to intercept them. So they didn't set out at once, planning to act only after the Outer Realm Demon Cultivators and Chi Xue's group made their move. Just then, Fairy Sword Ji said something that thrilled everyone: was the Ginseng Fruit Tree about to acknowledge them as its masters?
It made sense. The Ginseng Fruit Tree had appeared in the northern region of the God Realm, and it was quite close to the Fengyun Realm. Naturally, Fairy Sword Ji and the others assumed it was going to acknowledge Ling Tian and his group as its masters.
Unexpectedly, Ling Tian shook his head. "It probably hasn't come to acknowledge us as its masters. Otherwise, it wouldn't be lingering near the Fengyun Realm—it would have come straight to us and acknowledged us already. Besides, I've asked Senior Wu Dao and Senior Phoenix Soul to communicate with it, but neither received a response."
If the Ginseng Fruit Tree intended to acknowledge Ling Tian and the others as its masters, it would surely have made some attempt. At the very least, it would have responded when the Enlightenment Sacred Tree and the Phoenix Soul Fruit communicated with it. But it had done none of those things. Clearly, it had no intention of acknowledging Ling Tian and the others as its masters.
"Oh, I suppose you're right." Fairy Sword Ji nodded, her earlier excitement fading.
"We already speculated that the Ginseng Fruit Tree must have a master. It sent out the ripe Ginseng Fruits only because the Lord of the Universe deliberately ordered it to. So it probably won't