After checking on the Spirit Insect eggs, Xu Yang left the Spirit Insect Room and went to the Cultivation Room. The moment he stepped inside, the Heaven-Slaughtering Dog sprang out of his arms with a whoosh, wagged its little tail, and ran over to a branch of the Spirit Spring. It opened its jaws and began devouring the energy. A visible vortex of spiritual energy appeared as vast amounts of pure energy poured into the Heaven-Slaughtering Dog's belly.
Seeing this, Xu Yang hurried forward and stopped it. "Watch it. Don't absorb too much. This branch of the Spirit Spring connects to its main vein. If you absorb too much, you'll alert the old monsters in the Nascent Soul Realm. Then you and I will be in serious trouble."
The Heaven-Slaughtering Dog was annoyed at being interrupted. But when it heard Xu Yang's warning, it shuddered. It didn't dare provoke an old monster in the Nascent Soul Realm; if it were discovered, it would surely meet a miserable end.
It hurriedly sent him a telepathic message. "Boss, why didn't you say so sooner? You got my hopes up for nothing. I thought I'd be able to eat my fill! So I can look but not touch, huh?"
Xu Yang flicked it with a finger. "You can absorb a little spiritual energy, but don't take in too much. Normal cultivation is fine. You just can't gulp it all down like that."
The Heaven-Slaughtering Dog rolled its eyes at Xu Yang and ignored him. It lowered its head and began slowly absorbing the spiritual energy. This time, instead of devouring it with all its might, it cultivated normally. Seeing that it was behaving, Xu Yang left it alone, turned, and sat on the bed to sort through the items in his Qiankun Bag.