50.The mountain was surrounded by many lesser mountains and rose into the heaven.Its peak was clothed in jady snow all the year round.From where the snow ended,brooks murmured through the green grass.Larks arose in alarm from the grass from time to time,chirping crisp like music.Sheep were herded by a shepherdess?who held a whip in her hand.They moved from here to there,from one hill to another like floating clouds.
51."Wow,how beautiful a scene!How beautiful!..." Pierre kept exclaiming,apparently amazed by the spectacular view."Coach,it will take us at least four hours to climb up and down the Snow Treasure Mountain.It's 10:20 already,so we must get a wiggle on!Are you ready?Shall we start out right now?" Kama tried to warn Pierre of the time.Without replying instantly,Pierre proudly turned his eyes toward the great lake and then the huge mountain.He nodded like a gentleman,saying,"Already,I am prepared.Let's do it anytime you want!Of course,I am sure to defeat Gongbu!It's a must!",his right fist stretching up.
52."Get set!" with a long and resounding whistle,the three warriors dashed toward the peak like tigers.
53.The awarding ceremony on the finish point was still on with an innumerable throng of people.In a secluded spot northwest of the holding place parked an off-road vehicle,where lied the movable ambulance center of the contest.In the vehicle,Haichu sat down on the driver's seat in a pretended quiet manner,her one hand rested on the steering wheel,another kept tuning different radio channels.Following the changing wave band,the news and music came in turn.Actually,her eyes expressions and fidgeting movements did in a way reveal her anxieties and worries and every now and then the ineffable sensation of blissfulness and fervidity.
54.All at once,a piece of news came out from the radio,"Emergency!Emergency!Today right before 12:00a.m.,the temperature in the region along the Qinghai Lake will be seeing a drop of 13 degrees under a flow of cold air.The Snow Treasure Mountain region will thus suffer a blizzard.Please get everything arranged…Just before the news was over,the off-road vehicle was already seen snarling its way at full throttle through the crowd to a 100-meter prosperous commercial street and pulled over at a shop dealing with Tibetan clothes.Haichu got off immediately and hurried into the shop,grabbing three men's Tibetan robes on the counter and without further ado,she rushed out.At this sight,the shopkeeper ran out at once from behind the counter and asked loudly,"I recognize you!Doctor Haichu!The three robes are not cheap!Why do you take them to run away without bargain?What do you hurry for?"Before the shopkeeper could actually run out of his premise,the vehicle had gone far with its horn roaring,and from afar the voice of Haichu was heard,"Don't worry,Sir.The three robes will be in urgent need!For a rescue in Snow Treasure Mountain!I will pay you on my return!Count on me!"
55.Seeing the vehicle was gradually out of sight,the old shopkeeper uttered a slight chant,"The beautiful fairy will be riding the mist to save lives!"
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56.Not until 11:37 a.m.did Haichu finally arrived and she stopped her ambulance beside the coach vehicle.From the long distance,three dots could be seen inching upward."Three fools!What's the point of your itching to fight it out?You are just forcing me into a big trouble in the coming blizzard!",cursed Haichu inwardly while hooting the horn incessantly.The horn was roaring in the whole valley,but still not enough to be heard for such a long distance.Simply she saw the three guys were climbing up and up.Meanwhile,cloud and mist were seen taking shape atop the mountain,and things were getting worse.At this critical moment,she hit upon her mother's words——People need to gather dairy manure in cold days and seek for cudgels in emergency.Since with cudgel one can keep away wolves and in cold days dairy manure does help much.A good idea therefore just passed through her and she acted upon the idea without delay.Soon after,she gathered a large heap of dry dairy manure,with which and in a flat beach land at the mountain foot she sketched three big characters —— Come down now!Then,upon the characters,she poured a full tank of spare gasoline. For lack of match and lighter,Haichu picked up two stones from the beach and managed to get some sparks by giving a vigorous blow.All at once,the gasoline was ignited setting fire to the dairy manure,the flames sprang up to heaven.Watching the smoke rolling up from the burning oil and casting a glance at the three pots climbing upward still,Haichu thought to herself,"It seems not to work!Telling them the danger in person must be the only way out." Thereupon,she dashed to the mountain,taking the robes.In her anxiety,she kicked at the coach vehicle,yelling out,"Pierre,here!You bastard!You once strained your eyes hard on me in the improper moment!But right now,in the critical moment,you don't loot at me!Here!Turn around and look at me!" With that,crazily Haichu ran for the Snow Treasure Mountain being hung over gradually in dense fog.