From the Chaotic Era to now, throughout these years, craftsmen have kept pace with technological advancements and ideas, and yet oftentimes a bit of dross remains.
Just like engineers who burn incense and offer pig heads in computer rooms to pray for server peace, various baseless and ill-substantiated mystical rituals have also become popular among craftsmen, which can be considered as a way of entrusting good wishes.
Bathing and fasting are considered usual, wearing red underwear to ward off evil and increase success chance is somewhat plausible... However, if Ji Jue's matter were to spread, it might add an epic stroke to the dross of Embers and the astounding wisdom.
After all, not many bold men immediately use their newly acquired furnace for consecration!