The Wind Blows from Longxi is a complex classic spy thriller that is not for the faint-hearted. Its biggest hurdle is the first three or four episodes, which are weighed down by the introduction of too many bearded and obscure characters on both sides of the Shu-Wei conflict. Clearly, even Lu Yang can’t resist the romance of the Three Kingdoms saga and descends into a rabbit hole of events that are set and larger than life figures, bound by a rigid plot. Beyond that, the narrative simply traps you in the lonely, confusing, nail-biting, heart-wrenching, cruel, and ungrateful world of ordinary espionage, the ants who put themselves in harm’s way to pave the way for great men to be glorified in history.