Stepping on the demon door, the witch becomes the strongest.

Chapter 379 Ye Jun's Early Retirement Plan

I... was kicked out of the team?

Ye Jun, who had just told Yan Yu to keep his heart and not be misled by illusions, was now stunned.

"Why?" she asked in disbelief, her voice trembling slightly.

"The higher-ups have adjusted the Dragon Sovereign team's positioning," Liu Longtao replied after a moment's silence. "They need us to become the nation's sharp sword, so we need to maximize our damage output. However, you're a defensive and containment-focused officer, which doesn't align with the team's subsequent analysis and planning."

Ye Jun suddenly fell silent. Yan Yu watched silently from the side and sighed inwardly.

The content of the illusion in this level was obviously drawn from his own memories of his past life, and it also coincided with the biggest flaw deep in Ye Jun's heart - to be precise, when he first met her, he pointed out that Liu Longtao and she might not get along well, which probably had already planted this thorn in her heart.

The reason why Ye Jun was kicked out of the team in his previous life was not disclosed in detail.

The explanation given to the outside public was that Ye Jun was tired and wanted to temporarily withdraw from the team, rest for a while, and then replan his career path.

In the inner circle of official cultivators and ordinary warriors, there were rumors that Liu Longtao's brilliance was too great, completely overshadowing Ye Jun's role, causing the higher-ups to think that with Jing Ye in the Longxiong team, they did not need a deputy captain responsible for defense and containment, and that having another output player might be more appropriate.

Of course, if Yan Yu were to give his opinion, it is indeed not easy to play a full-time defensive role in the middle and late stages.

Because the more the spiritual energy recovered, the more various means of attack emerged. For example, some magic weapons had armor-piercing properties, which could not be blocked by the light flower shield of the Xuanguang Ruler. As a result, Ye Jun had to add more defensive means and eventually embarked on the route of full-time defense. After all, four out of the five members of the Longxiong team were pure attackers and could not do the work of defense and containment. The pressure of the responsibilities on her shoulders was too great.

The role of a defensive role is to increase the team's tolerance for errors, but the value of this tolerance is difficult to quantify. As the monks' combat experience continues to increase and they become more adept at dealing with various unexpected enemy situations, the higher-ups will inevitably tend to have fewer defensive roles in the team.

In short, the imbalanced professional composition of the Dragon Soaring team in the early stages forced Ye Jun to become a special screw, to make up for the team's defensive shortcomings. Later, when each team member was able to stand on their own, they had improved their weaknesses, and Ye Jun, the screw, was naturally eliminated.

Sad, sad! Jingye must take full responsibility for this matter!

As the captain of the Longxiong team, he failed to remind the vice-captain to adjust his career plan in a timely manner, and failed to convince the masters not to interfere in the personnel affairs of the team. He is totally to blame!

"Sorry." Liu Longtao said again, looking at Yan Yu, "Old Yan, can you..."

"Sure." Yan Yu said with a smile, "I've been coveting Ye Jun's Xuanguang Ruler for a long time. Since you're going to make personnel changes, why don't you let Ye Jun come to my side?"

"Ye Jun, what do you think?" Liu Longtao asked.

Ye Jun was silent for a while, then suddenly stood up and said with a wry smile:

"No need. I can't fit in even if I go to the Zhenhai Team."

The Longxiong team has four output players, so they need her as a defensive character to balance it out.

Does the Zhenhai team need her? Chen Lingyun's familiar ghosts and Su Yunjin's Southern Dipper Galaxy secrets can both coordinate with other teammates to implement extremely diverse tactics, and the tolerance rate is already high enough. Yan Yu himself is an all-round cultivator who is even more versatile than Liu Longtao. He can support, contain, and put out fires. There is really no need for a specialized defensive role.

Just when he was about to say something, Ye Jun had already quietly returned to his room.

Yan Yu:………………

It was you who told me "this is an illusion" just now, and it is also you who can't help but be broken by the plot of the illusion. It can be seen that although Comrade Ye Jun usually looks socially adept and graceful, he is still a sensitive and fragile person in his heart.

After Liu Longtao said goodbye and left, Yan Yu silently counted 300 times in the living room. She thought she should have calmed down a lot, so she slowly walked to the door of the room and knocked.

"The door is not locked." someone said from inside.

Shouldn't you say "come in" under normal circumstances? What's with "the door isn't locked, come in if you want"? Are you also a tsundere? Yan Yu pushed the door open and saw Ye Jun sitting on the bed, staring out the window in a daze.

There were no tear marks on her face, so it looked like she hadn't shed any tears. Fortunately, her mood was stable.

"I've thought about it carefully. If you come to the Zhenhai team, you can fit in." Yan Yu sat down next to her and said, "Chen Lingyun's reaction speed is too slow, and Xie Ruoxi is timid. She will lose her performance when someone gets close to her."

"With the help of the Xuanguang Ruler, their output environment will definitely be much better..."

Yan Yu was speaking words of comfort when Ye Jun suddenly asked:

"If I don't have the Xuanguang Ruler, will I be useless?"

"Eh?"

Yan Yu was speechless for a moment. No, Comrade Ye Jun, the lieutenant's strength lies in the magic weapon. What do you mean by "excluding the magic weapon"?

"I know this is an illusion," Ye Jun continued, "but I actually expected this. When the Longxiong team was first formed, the instructor asked me about my intention to join the team and hinted at me. The reason they chose me was because I was patient and meticulous enough to serve as a good bodyguard for the entire team."

"But you are a cultivator, and it is impossible for you to be someone's bodyguard for your entire life," Yan Yu said.

"Yes." Ye Jun paused for a moment and sighed, "But if I'm not a bodyguard, what else can I do? My other qualities and abilities are average, and my only advantage is patience and meticulousness. If I give up this path, I'm afraid I won't be able to stay in the first-tier teams, let alone the Longxiong team."

Yan Yu was speechless again.

I am not afraid of others being stupid, but I am afraid that others are too clear-headed, making it difficult to comfort or deceive them.

Nowadays, in order to join the first-line teams, monks must not only meet the qualifications, but also have at least 1-2 outstanding strengths.

There are those who excel at timing, like Chen Lingyun; those with excellent overall perspective, like Su Yunjin; those with quick reactions, like Lin Ning; those with meticulous thinking and good calculations, like Li Minghu; and of course, those who are the most unreasonable and rely solely on their talent, like Xie Ruoxi and Liu Longtao... There are exceptions, such as Li Zhaojiang. Although he doesn't have any particularly outstanding strengths, he also has no weaknesses. Overall, he is above the average level among cultivators. With the help and assistance of Li Minghu, he can also hold a position in the front line.

If you take away Ye Jun's patience and meticulousness, his reaction speed, talent, and calculation ability would be slightly worse than Li Zhaojiang's. He'd be good enough to captain a second-tier team, but not so good at staying in the first tier.

Now it seems that she herself is also very clear about these things, so she plays to her strengths and avoids her weaknesses, specializing in the Xuanguang Ruler and choosing the path of full-time defense.

Unfortunately, this path itself was too difficult to walk, and in the previous life, he ended up retiring from the front line and became the spokesperson for the Dingbei Army.

Seeing Yan Yu speechless, Ye Jun also smiled and comforted him:
"It's okay. I've actually been mentally prepared for this. It's time to move on. While I can still shine, I should work hard for a few more years and save up a lot of money. When I can no longer work, I'll retire, find a man to marry, have children, and my standard of living will be better than 99% of the people in this world."

"That's right." Yan Yu was still thinking of a solution in his mind, but he temporarily agreed with her. "Getting married and having children is also a way out. Life doesn't have to be full of ups and downs. A quiet and peaceful life is also a kind of happiness."

"What about you?" Ye Jun suddenly asked.

"what?"

"What do you think about getting married and having children?" Ye Jun asked casually, tucking her hair behind her ears.

"Me?" Yan Yu suddenly laughed and thought to himself, do I have any choice?

There are some things that if I don't do them, no one else in this world can do them...

　Ye Jun: Since I've decided to retire and get married in a few years, I can start looking for the right person now (staring)

　　
　
(End of this chapter)