The craftsmen continued to carve rocks and carve Buddhas. But not long after, the wind suddenly stopped on the flat ground, and the sand was flying to the stones. The sky was dark and the rainstorm was pouring down. It took forty-nine days. Floods broke out on Lingyun Mountain, and a stream of mountain torrents rushed to the top of the Buddha's head. Monk Haitong was worried: such a large flood would be destroyed even if the Buddha statue made of copper cast iron would be destroyed. Shi Qing frowned and thought to himself, and hurriedly comforted Haitong and said, "Master, don't worry, I have my own way." He discussed with the stonemasons and decided to drill a drainage ditch on the head of the Buddha's head. Shi Qing tied a rope on his waist and risked his life to hang stones in the air. The strong wind and floods washed him up again and again, and climbed up the rope again and again. Shi Qing and the craftsmen sacrificed their lives and persevered, and finally made a drainage ditch, eliminating the erosion of the flood.

At that time, the new governor of Jiazhou loved money as his life. When he found out that the monk Haitong had raised a lot of money, he brought a group of yamen runners to Lingyun Mountain and said to Haitong fiercely: "Bold monk, what should you do if you are not allowed by the government to build a big Buddha? Come on, lock me away!" Several yamen runners rushed over and wanted to take action, but Shi Qing reached out to block the man and said: "Cultivating the big Buddha is to suppress demons and subdue demons, weaken the water level, and relieve disasters. What are the sins? You must lock me!" Haitong

He hurriedly said to Shi Qing: "You can't do without you on the construction site. I will take on the big things." The corrupt official turned around and pretended to say, "Listen, I think you are a monk, so you can save you from prison. However, if you destroy my Jiazhou Feng Shui, you have to pay 30,000 taels of silver to compensate." When Haitong heard that the corrupt official was coming to quarrel, he suddenly felt anger in his heart and said, "This silver comes from thousands of good men and women. How dare I use half a text? I can cut it out by my own eyes, and Buddha's wealth is rare!"

The dog official thought Haitong was scary when he spoke, so he said, "Then let me take out your eyes and show it to me."

After hearing this, Haitong smiled coldly and inserted his fingers into his eyes calmly. Two eyeballs fell into the plate in his hand. Haitong held the plate and walked straight to the corrupt official in front of him. He said as he walked, "Take it!" The corrupt officials and the foxes and dog parties saw that the monk Haitong had their eyes were not moved. They were all shocked and fled back in shame.

Although Haitong lost both eyes, the will of carving the Buddha was unshakable. He was more concerned about building the Buddha. He often took a cane and was supported by the little novice monks to work with his work. When everyone saw it, they were moved and advised him to go back and rest with tears in their eyes. Haitong insisted on refusing and said, "Although I can't watch the Buddha be built, I will listen to you to build the Buddha!"

However, Haitong did not realize his ambitions during his lifetime. In a few years, he passed away. Later, Shi Qing and other old stonemasons also passed away one after another. Later, Wei Gao, the governor of Xichuan, inherited the cause of Haitong and Shi Qing, and organized manpower and material resources to continue digging. It took him ninety years to complete the construction of the digging in the 19th year of Emperor Dezong of Tang Dynasty.
Chapter completed!