To-jong did not go to the top, but seated himself about half-way
up. He asked the "holy man" if he would not be safe enough there.
The "holy man" replied, "Others would never escape if they remained
where you are, but you will simply get a fright and live through it."
When cock-crow came, sure enough the sea suddenly lifted its face,
overflowed its banks, and the waves came rolling up to the heavens,
climbing the mountain-sides till they touched the feet of To-jong. The
whole town on the seashore was engulfed. When daylight came the
waters receded.
To-jong bowed to the "holy man" and asked that he might become his
disciple. The "holy man," however, disclaimed any knowledge, saying
that he had simply known it by accident. He was a man who did not speak
of his own attainments. To-jong asked for his place of residence, which
he indicated as near by, and then left. He went to seek him on the
following day, but the house was vacant, and there was no one there.
Im Bang.