(Thanks to My Pregnant Undead Girlfriend for the tip. Bonus chapter 1/3.)
The Silent One's heart burned with excitement. The very first spell in the Book of Truth seized his attention!
"Such an exquisite spell, achieving this effect with just a tiny bit of Psychic Power! Astonishing, simply astonishing!"
Li Qinwu proudly puffed out his chest.
"Of course. I'm telling you, this book has quite the pedigree. It belongs to the Blue-Headed Parrot God I told you about before!
You could say that every Psyker in the universe has some connection to this Chaos God. By learning this Chaos God's spells directly, you're getting back to the source. You can practically call yourself the ancestor of all other Psykers!"
Then Li Qinwu patted the Silent One on the shoulder.
"Nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine spells are enough to keep you studying for a lifetime. From now on, you won't need to research those dangerous Warp spells anymore."
That was precisely why Li Qinwu had given the book to the Silent One. As his Librarian, what was he doing spending every day on uncertain and dangerous Warp research?
Back then, the God-Emperor had personally possessed him and purified this Book of Truth.
Tzeentch had effectively lost 9,999 spells. This book was absolutely safe.
The Silent One clutched the book and refused to let go. Hearing Li Qinwu say that, he sighed and decided to come clean.
"Do you remember the last time we tried to corrupt a Daemon? That Daemon ended up fighting its way into Black-Armored Jiahao's home."
Li Qinwu immediately had a bad feeling.
"Don't tell me that over the past ten years or so, you went and corrupted other Daemons too?"
The Silent One nodded.
"Damn it!"
Li Qinwu sucked in a cold breath. The roadside Lesser