Afterwards, Fei followed the old man deep into the mountains. The old man made him hack through thorns and briars and live among tigers, but he showed no fear. He made him lie in an empty room under a ten-ton rock suspended by a rotten rope gnawed by snakes, but Fei didn't move an inch. The old man said happily, "You can be taught something."
此後，長房隨老翁入深山，老翁讓他披荊斬棘，獨處於群虎之中，他不覺恐懼；又使他臥於空室，以朽索懸萬斤石於其上，眾蛇競相來齧，繫索幾乎要斷了，長房也不移動身子，老翁高興地說：「孺子可教也。」