Wuxia Mood: Two Figures Facing Off at Desert Sunset

A man in a white robe draws his blade, throwing up a curtain of sand, as a woman in black closes in with twin short blades, the action frozen in mid-air. The blades are deliberately described as dull and golden dust fills the foreground, the most dynamic image in the set. Image 2 of Zhao Yifan's set.

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.