Fang-shing

Fang-shing
Land	Tong-Nou
Location	Various
Role	Creature

The Fang-shing ( ) are a race of identical-looking creatures who appear in every area of Tong-nou. They deliver hints to Rin when spoken to, broken into one or two word sentences.

Fang-shing hints

Location	Hint	Meaning
Fire tunnel	Eyeball-stone. Find. Market. Phantom. Hou-ang. Find.	Large Eyeball-stones (not to be confused with the item) lead to the Phantom Marketplace Hou-ang and the player should search for them.
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 catch him off guard and enter the Tree of Life.
Helix Palace	Moon Water. Bad water. No good water.	The true effects of Moon Water, which Pu-ryao promises leads to immortality, are most likely undesirable to the player.
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.	Going right, then left, from where you encounter this Fang-shing will put you at the Tree of Life Mingke-shu.
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.