Lu Ao changed direction again and steered the boat farther out. After traveling some distance, they finally saw the island.
Lu Ao slowed down and pointed ahead. "That island in front of us is the one I told you about."
Weng Qian looked closely. The island was lush and green. Unlike the other bare islands, this one actually had quite a lot of trees.
A flicker of surprise appeared in his eyes.
Lu Ao explained, "This island seemed to have been a volcano before. The soil has always been fertile, and you can even see seabirds here."
"This island is a volcano too?" Weng Qian raised his voice slightly, sounding uneasy. "Is it still active? You can't build a hotel on a volcanic island, can you? If you invest tens or hundreds of millions, then a single eruption would wipe everything out."
"It probably isn't active. It's an extinct volcano. Otherwise, if it erupted from this close, our village wouldn't be able to escape either." Lu Ao said, "R Country has so many volcanoes. By your logic, should they not have founded a country?"
"That's not the same. They didn't know about volcanoes before they founded the country." Weng Qian was already starting to back down. "No matter how good this island is, with such a huge risk, experts might not recommend it."
Lu Ao glanced at him. "The point of telling you there's a volcano on the island isn't that. The point is that because it used to be a volcano, there are hot springs here. That's one of the reasons I think so highly of this island."
Weng Qian hesitated. "Hot springs? Can they be used now?"
"Yes." Lu Ao said, "I surveyed this place before. This island sits on the continental shelf and is connected to the