Fang-shing

Fang-shing
Land	Tong-Nou
Location	Various
Role	Creature

The Fang-shing ( ) are identical creatures that appear in every land of Tong-nou. They are the most common of all creatures, having the highest frequency of being born from the Mingke-shu. The Fang-shing are known for running around and singing the word "fun" repeatedly. When interacted with, they give hints broken into single words or phrases.

Hints

Location	Hint	Meaning
Fire tunnel	Eyeball-stone. Find. Market. Phantom. Hou-ang. Find.	The player should look for large Eyeball-Stones (not to be confused with the item), which lead to the Phantom Marketplace Hou-ang.
Land of Time	Peach. Important. Mon-chien. Dream Land. Peach. Market. Phantom. Hou-ang.	The Peach can be acquired from the Land of Dreaming Mon-chien, then traded in Hou-ang for a Tong-Nou Illustrated Book.
Land of Time	One step. Right. Entrance.	The entrance to the Fire Tower of Time is one step to the right of where this Fang-shing is found.
Helix Palace	Moku-gyou. Hate. Ant. Allergy. Sneeze.	Ants can be used on Moku-gyou to distract him and enter the Tree of Life.
Helix Palace	Moon Water. Bad water. No good water.	Rin should not drink the Moon Water that Pu-ryao offers.
Right ear tunnel	Triangle sign. Tong-nou. Go.	The Chu-Teng signs throughout every world lead to the Central Mountain Tong-nou.
Land of Life	Helix. Palace. Luo-shang. Many Traps. King-gyou. Nasty. Mean.	Each room of the Helix Palace embodies a human desire, which gets Rin killed if he indulges in them. King-gyou himself is known to turn souls into jewelry and statues.
Land of Life forest	Turn right. Turn left. Mingke-shu. Tree. Life.	The Tree of Life Mingke-shu can be found by going right and left from where you encounter this Fang-shing.
Left ear tunnel	Seal. Tong-nou. Mountain. Seal.	Breaking the seal of the Central Mountain Tong-nou is one of the main objectives of the game.
Land of Dreaming	A-mong. Very bad. Don't talk. No. No. No.	The A-mong Family are thieves who steal items from the Furoshiki.
Palace of Dreaming	Magatama. Sick. Don't touch.	Touching the nearby Ill Magatama will result in death.
Palace of Dreaming	Fire-Tower. Tong-tah. Entrance. North.	The entrance to the Fire Tower of Time Tong-tah is north on the Compass.

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Trivia

• When slowed down, it becomes apparent that the Fang-shing are singing a melody from the Tong-Nou Theme.
• Audio-wise, the Fang-shing say "fun" 17 times in 3 seconds.
• The amount of times "fun" is written varies with each instance.
• According to the Tong-Nou Illustrated Book, Moku-gyou considers the Fang-shing annoying, and wishes to eradicate them. However, neither he nor anyone under his command has ever successfully done so.
  • On this note, some Fang-shing locations cause the player to accidentally click on them when attempting to do something else, making the the game pause as they say their hint and wasting a lot of time.