Wuxia Mood: A Woman Crouching on a Rainy Rooftop Ridge, Watching

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.

Two people face off in a bamboo clearing with swords still sheathed and twin short blades held across the chest, fallen leaves frozen in mid-air and their breath visible. Uses the detail of leaves that never land to write tension. Image 6 of Zhao Yifan's Wuxia Mood set.