#ye xi

[night-rider-lily]

Wulin Heroes!

The Handsome and Ethereal LI HONG YI!!!!

[kdram-chjh]

Cdrama: Wulin Heroes (2023)

The handsome Bai Yue | Wulin Heroes | Li Hongyi #chinesedrama #lihongyi

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[orchidblacktea]

Just Ye Xi staring at Bai Yue, and, yeah girl, I feel you.

[ginsoakedgirl80]

the witch Ye Xi

[alicecraftgirl]

Jing Beiyuan, Wu Xi and sable design that I completed recently...

[lufla-lu]

“i think of you, and you’re here”

[mtkay13]

Working hard on the business!!

I had a lot of fun working on this piece that fits well as a companion to this one! I really, really enjoy Wuxi and Zishu's side hustle and think about it a lot.

More musings on this piece below!

I have been thinking a lot about Wuxi and Zishu's relationship for the past few months--working on the translation of Qiye has given me a fresh look and new perspective on it which I feel like elaborating on for a bit.

While they come from very different place and are 5 years apart in age, Wuxi and Zishu seem to rather quickly relate to each other due to both being outsiders--to the capital and its codes. It's very sweet to see how quickly Wuxi seems intrigued and interested in Zishu, wanting to know more about him and quick to react when he's around.

Beiyuan is Wuxi's only friend so far, and I think it's very refreshing for Wuxi to find another person with whom he may be able to relate more on some regards, and whom he can look up to in terms of martial arts skills and craftiness. This is a personal HC of mine, but I sort of see Wuxi as having this sort of (fully platonic) "cool older guy crush" on Zishu.

Because of that, I feel like Zishu showing interest in Wuxi and going as far as to offer him to collaborate must have been incredibly validating and exciting. It was a way for Wuxi to be more independent, do something for himself aside from his own training, aside from his role as the young shaman of Nanjiang. Something for his own experimentation and profit--be useful, but also be shown respect and interest by someone he himself is interested in and respects.

I like to imagine that Zishu was already interested in poisons given his field of work and potentially learned a thing or two about that back in Siji manor--even potentially worked on some of his own, and was therefore more than excited to be able to figure out new things with Wuxi's help. On top of that, it must have been pretty fun and gratifying to work on this side hustle which in turn also helped gain some more control over the population (welp).

So yeah! It's nice to think more about what lead to the bond they have, and I can't help but think of how affected Wuxi must have been in TYK when he discovers Zishu's state several years later. Regardless of how helpful Zishu was when Wuxi worked to get Beiyuan out of the capital, he was a friend first and foremost and that alone must be a big reason why Wuxi is so determined to find a way to save him.

(that aside, the illustration was more fun to make than I initially feared. I usually don't like having to work on a ton of tiny details LOL but somehow the atmosphere here made it entertaining!)

(btw! I don't know if I mentioned it before, but in case I didn't: I transliterate "Wuxi" as such ((in one word)) because, him not being han, it feels more right to transliterate his name in a non-han fashion as well. It's unlikely that his family name is Wu and first name is Xi--rather, Nanjiang/Wasa names seem to work differently ((same for Axinlai and Nuaha)) than the typically han family name-first name model. Many thanks to Lianzi and the other members of the 7.0 team for bringing that up! That's it!)

[wumiings]

Wu Xi: [gets down on one knee]

Jing Beiyuan: Yes it’s finally happening

Wu Xi: [falls over]

Jing Beiyuan: The sedative is kicking in

[annannjay]

qiye week day 7 - family

[jeusus]

I picked Lord Seventh for this because it's what I'm currently reading and my god, Wu Xi is getting friendzoned HARD, but this applies to so many damnei stories lmao I need a ranking of the most oblivious love interests.

[factsilike]

[kdram-chjh]

Cdrama: Wulin Heroes (2023)

The world falls for you🥰🥰🏞Wulin heroes c - drama#k - pop

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[maleficent-ophelia]

the great shaman

[xi-xi-chen]

[alicecraftgirl]

Xiyuan and Lu Ta sketches!!!

Family

[lufla-lu]

“This is a sacred relic of our Nanjiang, passed down through generations of Great Shamans. In this life, only one person can be given it for safekeeping.”