12 Picking up demigods (1)

Long He stepped into the sea water and sank into it. He did not mind breathing underwater, since he is a god of water and sea.

The Water clan had built cities under the water. It was the best environment for them, where the streams of water can refresh their energy.

The main base of the clan was in the middle of the sea, thousands of meters deep. As Long He dived through the water, his appearance started to change from the features of a young man, to an eldery and old man, with grey eyes, white hair, and a pointed nose. Wrinkles filled his face, he exactly appeared as a pitiful old man.

After a long time of swimming, Long He stopped. There in the sea, an underwater island floats. The borders were chained by a great stone wall.

In the inside of the walls, a beautiful city can be seen. It had a big and decorated castle on the top of the highest hill on the island. As for the normal parts of the city, they were built as if they were any of the ancient civilizations on planet Earth.

Long He approached to the entrance of the city, where he was stopped by guards. Holding a spear and a shield, a soldier came and knelt in front of him.

"Forgive me, senior," the soldier bowed his head, "But we need any information about you."

"I am just an elderly man," said Long He with an old man's voice, "Do me a favor, son, and let me pass."

"We cannot. Unless we have known something about you, we can't let you enter our great city."

Long He began to have interest in this guy, so he continued his play and said, "Would you accept a bribe and let me pass as if nothing happened, and no old man has passed from here?"

The young soldier shook his head and said, "I am going to ask you one more time, senior. Who are you, and were do you come from?"

Long He sighed and said, "Fine! My name is Graff. As for where I come from, it has been years since I last mentioned my hometown. Know that I think of it, I don't actually remember."

Long He shook his head helplessly like any old man would do, and watched as the confused soldier said,"No Specific place? Where have you been living?"

"I am a wanderer, son. I spent most of my life traveling from place to place, enjoying my life freely."

The young soldier looked behind helplessly him for his superior. The latter nodded, and the guards moved away. The soldier stepped aside and said, "Welcome, senior, to the Domain of Waterleche."

Long He walked in slow steps, in order to perfect his play. When he reached the soldier, Long He put his hand on the latter's shoulder and said, "Thank you, my son. May god He bless you in the lofe and in the afterlife." Then, walked under the archway and stepped into the city.

And indeed, Long He has blessed the soldier, and made him a demigod. That pat was not an ordinary one, Long He did so in order to insert the tattoo, his way of making lesser gods, on the soldier's shoulder.

The young man didn't feel anything strange and continued his day normally. However, after he finished his duty, he bathed and was about to put on his clothes when he noticed a blue mark on his right shoulder.

The soldier tried to get it off, but was unsuccessful to do so. He examined it clearly, then found out that it was the 'W' letter, which stands for Water.

Still recovering from the shock, the young man heard the voice of Long He in his mind, "You have passed my test. You are now a demigod of water under my command. Train well with the cultivation technique that I have given you, the time of war is coming soon. And another thing, check the pocket dimension in the tattoo, you will find a pleasant surprise. With all my blessings, god He."

The young man was still in deep shock and confusion. When he fully recovered, he did as Long He told him to do. He checked the cultivation technique and then the pocket dimension, where it would take him into a new planet of his own.

He dropped on his knees and said, "Thank you, my god! I shall forever be a worshiper of you! Hail god He!"