rock illusion

Yang Jian watched Sun very closely during their combat to see what he was going to do. After seven rounds, the dwarf threw up his Xian Binding rope and bound up Yang Jian. He ordered his soldiers to carry the captive to the Shang camp. But when they reached the camp gate, the load fell down with a great crash and the dwarf was astonished to find that he had, in fact, caught a large rock and not Yang Jian. As he puzzled this over, Yang Jian reappeared. "You fool! How dare you try your paltry tricks on me."

Investiture of the Gods - Translated by Gu Zhizhong