After spending 72 hours straight working on hybrid rice research, agricultural sciences institute PhD Zhu Moxue blacked out. When she opened her eyes again, she had become Zhu Moxue of the Ming Cult, a woman revered as its Holy Maiden because she was born with two different-colored eyes.
In this unfamiliar cult, she has no real authority despite bearing the title of “Holy Maiden,” and must contend with constant probing from every side. But with her modern agricultural knowledge and hidden martial arts skills, she overcomes one crisis after another. She teaches the cult members to cultivate terraced fields and grow hybrid rice, uses modern combat techniques to resolve their conflicts, and gradually establishes herself in the Ming Cult.
But dissatisfied with the cult’s superstitious practices, she fakes her own death and slips away to live in seclusion in Peach Blossom Village. There, she leads the villagers in growing rice and developing side businesses, bringing new life to the mountain village.
When war breaks out on the border, she takes the villagers’ grain donations to support the front lines, only to unexpectedly uncover her own origins: she is the little princess of the empire. Her father is utterly devoted to her, and her Crown Prince brother is fiercely protective.
When the Six Great Sects besiege the Ming Cult, she leads elite troops to its aid and uses her agricultural knowledge and blended martial arts skills to drive back the enemy.
Yet just when her life seems complete, Zhu Moxue wakes beside the rice paddies in Peach Blossom Village and realizes it may all have been a dream… But the experiences of farming, finding her family, and protecting those she loves have already left a deep mark on her heart.
