Prime Shadow

The man seated opposite him smiled, taking a sip of his tea, then setting the cup down. The man wore a simple black robe with no details whatsoever, although the quality of the robe was on the same level as the other mans. 

The man appeared to be in his seventies or eighties, and had a warm, elderly face, and wrinkled face. He had long gray hair, and a short gray beard, pointed down below his chin. The man's cultivation was withdrawn as well, but when looking at him, one would feel as though they were looking at the world itself.

"You are the Guildmaster of this Guild," the elderly man smiled, "can you not figure the reason out for yourself?"

"I'm not the one who created this trial," the middle-aged man, revealed to be the Guildmaster of the Shadows of Death Guild, replied. "You are. So, what's the reason? Did you just never consider the possibility of such a thing happening?"