So he invited two famous stonemasons to discuss the carving of the Buddha statue. The two stonemasons were called Shi Cheng and Shi Xu. The old monk said to them, "I'm going to carve the Buddha statue on the wall of the Cloud-reaching Mountain. You can have a discussion." Shi Xu was very happy to hear that they wanted to carve the Buddha statue on the rock. He thought to himself, "The Cloud-reaching Mountain is very beautiful. The Lingyun Pavilion is very magnificent. There are a lot of people who come to worship the Buddha statue every year. If I carve many types of Buddha statue on the rock, my ability will be spread! More and more people will be invited to carve the statue." Shi Xu thought of this and said, "The Three-river water monster is very fierce. I think only by creating a thousa
