In the previous cohort of graduates, Ye You, Jiu Ge, and Lie Feng had the highest skill in forging, all reaching the level of a Second Level Forgemaster, for which they received rank medals from the Forgemaster Guild.
Achieving three Second Level Forgemasters from one class is considered a very good result for Wu Duo.
However, what depressed him was that these three students, in whom he had placed great hopes, made no progress after graduation. Several years passed, and none of them had advanced in rank or produced any remarkable works.
Later, Ye You, in order to repay his teacher Mo Liu for lifting a curse, promised to diligently practice Alchemy. Wu Duo then knew not to expect Ye You to become a high-level Forgemaster.
In this new cohort, Wu Duo had not yet identified any particularly outstanding talents, not even Chu Ming, who, like himself, came from the Jin Gang family; all Chu Ming's levels in Attribute Magic were mediocre.
