Wuxia Mood: The Stillness Before Drawing Swords in a Bamboo Clearing

A man and a woman stand on the tips of two bent bamboo stalks, leaves frozen in mid-air, with morning light cutting a wall of light between them. The author cites the bamboo-forest fight in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon as the reference. Image 5 of Zhao Yifan's Wuxia Mood set.

Two people sit across a table, a man in a white robe raising a cup to drink while a woman in black lays twin short blades flat on the table with the edges toward him, an oil lamp lighting both faces warmly. Uses where props are placed to write unspoken murderous intent. Image 9 of Zhao Yifan's Wuxia Mood set.

A woman in black lies behind a gray-tiled roof ridge with only her eyes and above showing, staring at a lit window below. Uses a minimal exposed area to write the tension of waiting for the moment. Image 8 of Zhao Yifan's Wuxia Mood set.