Chapter 144 – I'll Be Back One Day!
Before this plane was discovered by the alchemists, all dryads were usually born from spiritual trees, herbs, or plants with at least 1,000 to 2,000 years of age. They gained sentience and a new body after they absorbed enough hollowed spring water, generated from the core of this plane.
Unfortunately, dryads were born female. No male dryad could be born from the spring. Even if a male plant got their sentience, they became either treants or ents.
These dryads could maintain their youthful appearance forever as long as they obtained enough sunlight and fertilizers, aka mammal creature's blood and flesh. If they consumed a human or a monster, they would gain a portion of the victim's intelligence and knowledge.
However, as they gained more intelligence from dead cultivators, they developed worldly desire.
They got bored. They wanted something to entertain their slow lives.