After hearing her story about how Hou Yi the only thought I had was she could have simply said no but then again she was a goddess they tend to forget that some people just don't care about their lives I mean I did before I was summoned to another world I liked to read ancient myths and such which was why I even knew about Hou Yi the man that shot down nine suns and by extension Heng'e.
Me:"I was thinking about killing a god in this world to make a point I guess this is as good a reason as any but if I kill him I would be offending the entire Greek pantheon and I don't think the compensation is enough"
Heng'e:"What more can you ask of me when I am offering up my everything?"
Me:"I know you gods think that mortals are foolish and greedy but I am a learned man you say that you are offering up your everything but all you offer is the chance at divinity or yourself not both, not your domain and your followers or how you intend to become my wife in name alone"
She finally realized that I saw through her little plan as most mortal men would lose sight of the wording when faced with the opportunity of obtaining a goddess especially one as beautiful as herself and gods are very slippery schemers that put even the most talented con men to shame all without telling a single lie so if one is to choose whether to make a deal with either a devil or a god it would always be safer to choose the devil.
Me:"So tell me was anything I said incorrect?"
Heng'e:"....no you're absolutely right I never expected this negotiation to be this difficult especially in my presence as most would become fanatical believing my every decision to be the correct one"
Me:"Well like I said before I killed gods before divine presence has no sway over me so are you willing to negotiate business or are we done here?"
I could see the clear hesitation in her eyes as apparently she was used to humanity bending over backwards to appease her desires never questioning her judgment due to her divine presence that naturally compels mortals to the point that it has become a crutch but I doubt that it is actually true as I said before gods are schemers.
Heng'e:"Then are you saying that you are still willing to negotiate with me?"
Me:"Of course I am there is still the opportunity to profit from this and gods tend to have plenty of valuables that are uncommon anywhere else in the world I would be fool to not try and acquire them from you"
Heng'e:"So what do you want from me?"
She was clearly sizing me up trying to determine what was her bottom line of what she was willing to give me while still trying to give me as little possible our talks only lasted about an hour more before we came to an agreement.
After a few more minor deals with others mostly concerning the upcoming auctions that will be held in the future I returned to my home to begin preparations for all that was to come and to enjoy the offerings excluding the the kitsune for now I was forced to transform one of my rooms into a yin gathering array for her to cultivate in and to remove all the yang Qi from the closet rooms as well to prevent contamination and to improve her body I had Marie mix together a potion under my direction that would cleanse any yang from the kitsune's body using tools that Ai made to prevent any yang from tainting it finally I had Marie and Ai craft a barrier her room preventing any yang from entering.
The whole process seemed unnecessary and long but in order to produce the best results for when I will have use for her I could not cut corners if I had sex with her now there would be plenty of random benefits but nothing could compare to the benefits of a fully mature nine tailed yin kitsune as yang won't be able to taint her yin essence within her body meaning that it would be an endless supply pure yin energy that constantly replenishes itself although it won't be as much as her first time it would be just as pure.
Finally because I was bored I felt like it was time to deal with watch and the ring as I never found out anything regarding it before but I also never had magic before either so I decided to reexamine the ring using my knowledge about magic before I can come to a conclusion Marie seemed to notice something.
Marie:"Why do you have a clan ring?"