Shang-Li was dropped off at the temple when he was three, and was trained day and nights in the art of Shao-Lin by the monks.
“If you can snatch the pebble from my hand, it will be time to go,” said the master.
Shang-Li failed to snatch the pebble for years.
Longer than any other student.
In all that time, he mastered spears and hand-to-hand-combat and stealth and pretty much every other skill.
But snatching the pebble?
Nope.
Eventually, the master left his hand open, and Shang-Li was forced to take the pebble.
“It’s a stupid test anyway,” he said.