Xuantian 1: Ancient Xuandongtian

Chapter 298 Love and Loyalty
(After the incident involving the testing, Mu Hanchan applied to become a Daoist couple with Qin Xi, but was rejected by the sect. Subsequently, she wanted to hold a mortal wedding in her hometown, Qingyan Village.)

The mother, Liu, was worried and advised her to think it over. She also changed her usual attitude and showed acceptance towards Lin Mengge.

On the eve of their wedding, Qin Xi and Lin Mengge had their first formal conversation.

They discussed the core reasons for the advantages of proximity and the phenomenon of later arrivals surpassing earlier ones, and raised the issue of ownership of the original vessel arising from the actions of discarding and destroying it versus repairing and maintaining it, thus subtly implying the emotional sovereignty of the two women and Mu Hanchan at different times.

Mu Hanchan did not accept Lin Mengge and insisted on holding a wedding with Qin Xi.

During the wedding, Lin Mengge displayed heart-wrenching pain, causing Qin Xi to hesitate slightly.

However, Mu Hanchan insisted on completing the wedding.

Just as she was about to bow three times, Lin Mengge's love turned to hatred, her jealousy to evil, and her regret to malice. She threw a top-grade magic weapon with a one-time use, ultra-soundless effect at the unsuspecting Qin Xi. However, at the last moment, Mu Hanchan sensed it and blocked it with her own body, even suffering serious injuries in the process.

(Supersonic Silent Artifact: An artifact that does not produce sound at supersonic speeds. It has minimal air friction, is extremely difficult to detect from the back, has very little reaction space, and a very short reaction time. It is a deadly artifact that can be used when no one is prepared.)
Despite her severe injuries, Mu Hanchan still forced herself to complete the wedding ceremony. Before the third bow, Mu Hanchan glanced back at Lin Mengge.

This scene of "looking back three times" became an unforgettable pain for Lin Mengge, just as the "suspected eagle on the cliff" was a lifelong pain for Mu Hanchan.

(Looking back at a third person: at a wedding, one looks back at a person other than the person getting married in front of them.)

Three: 1. Third person ≠ third party (This term is a neutral term)

2. At the time of the three bows
It often refers to a revisiting of someone with whom one has feelings or a relationship, and is not limited to romantic love, family affection, friendship, or teacher-student relationships.

The Eagle on the Cliff: When people use a tool or clear evidence to arrive at or see facts that they cannot accept, they will subconsciously question whether the tool or evidence is problematic.

Above the cliff, the Divine Soul Eagle transmitted a 32K ultra-high resolution image to Mu Hanchan, but Mu Hanchan refused to believe it, questioning the Divine Soul Eagle's ultra-high frame rate eyes and insisting on seeing it for herself.
Loyalty and rules are based on the same logic:

It's a bottom line, not a choice; there's no such thing as "selective compliance."

If you think to yourself:

"I am loyal now because I haven't met anyone better."

"If I'm tempted, think it's okay, and the other person doesn't know, I can be disloyal."

—Then you never got the ticket to true love from the very beginning.

The first ironclad rule of love is:

Loyalty is unconditional; it doesn't depend on mood, circumstances, or temptation.

Once you make an exception for loyalty, trust is shattered.
No matter how much you try to fix it, it will never be the same as before.

If the rules aren't followed, something bad will happen;
If loyalty cannot be maintained, the relationship will die instantly.

Those who wait until someone reaches an 8 or 9 out of 10 score before becoming loyal essentially treat loyalty as a reward, not a bottom line. But the truth is:

Once you accept this relationship, it's equivalent to admitting that he has met the standards.

Once the standard is met, loyalty should follow, instead of just saying "I'll be devoted to you when you're even better."

Such people don't lack the ability to find happiness; rather, it's destined to come very late and be extremely difficult for them.
If you don't show loyalty first, it will be difficult for the other person to open their heart to you;
You're always observing and leaving yourself an out, so your relationships always remain superficial.
There will always be better people in this world at different stages. If you keep picking and choosing, you will only ruin yourself in the end and grow very slowly.

Loyalty is like the rules:
It's not that you only abide by rules because you're excellent; it's that you deserve excellent feelings because you abide by them.

①Loyalty = the "bottom line" in relationships

It's not about waiting for the other person to get a perfect score before you keep your promise; it's about keeping your promise once the relationship is established. There's no such thing as "selective compliance."

② "One-sided perspective": Your feelings ≠ facts

People have blind spots when it comes to emotions:
You may feel that the other person is not good enough, but you may just not have seen their forbearance and sacrifices.

You think someone from outside is more suitable, but you've probably only seen the surface.

Deciding loyalty based on "my feeling"

It could be a subjective illusion; you might inadvertently miss out on someone you should have cherished.

Upholding loyalty helps you avoid permanent regrets caused by blind judgment and misjudging people's hearts.

③ Behavioral slippage: One mistake leads to a series of setbacks.
Loyalty in relationships has the same bottom line as any other rule:
For the first time, I allowed myself to "leave myself a way out";
The second time, they dared to say, "It's okay to be a little ambiguous."
The third time, they treated loyalty as a mere formality, thinking, "Anyway, nobody knows."

Once the bottom line is loosened even once, it will become looser and looser until it can no longer be held at all.

Conclusion:

Loyalty is an instinct, betrayal is human nature.

One comes from good, the other from evil.

It may exist in different people, or in the same person at different times, or in both the same person and at the same time.

However, happy people are often those who can overcome evil with good and control evil with good.

(This restraint is mainly for oneself)

Only such people deserve happiness.

I don't want to write about this painful, heart-wrenching, reasonable, and necessary scene; I'll just outline the plot and skip the rest.