Chang San-feng, it is said, entered Shaolin Temple as a youngster and took as his master a temple cook who pretended to know nothing about kungfu, although in fact he was marvellously proficient. The secret got out, and the cook, facing punishment for his deception, took off down the mountain, carrying Chang away in an empty barrel.
火伕師父身懷絕技，但隱身廚房，假作不懂武事。直到有一回洩了底，欺瞞之罪、寺規難容，為了避免小徒弟也受牽連，他把張三丰裝進空水桶，挑著一路衝下嵩山。